l Valle home, remembering Clara. They eventually marry and Trueba builds her a "big house on the corner". This remains the setting throughout the story.
             The atmosphere throughout the novel changes from placid to malevolent. The main focal point throughout the novel is so form of dispute between two characters and a group of characters. The climatic event, when the President is overthrown, causes growth by all characters, including Trueba, who stubbornly moves through the novel as the same person he was introduced.
             The title depicts the two obvious natures of the book. The first, "house" represents the common, domestic, and ordinary side of the not only the plot, but the characters. The use of "house" also lends to the idea of universality, that the story could have taken place in any Latin American country at the time. The word "Spirits" offers the eccentric, almost unusual side of the characters, specifically, Clara.
             The two most important characters in the boo
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