I wanted to show that it's very beautiful, of course, independence. But no one think aboute the woman in this story. No one sees that women were completely betrayed. The idea that women could be impliquet in this this story, was not at at all on the table. I can see y. You you give matilde that quality that she is, that she cares, and she wants to to find some way to express that care in that community. Actually, i think your novel really helps us thinking about how independence movements for a nation might be in sometimes intention with an intend em,. With the rights of women, for self, independence to ape and, you know,
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