Luisa Mora Character Analysis

The only surviving Mora sister by the end of the novel. Luisa goes to the big house on the corner and warns Esteban Trueba that trouble is coming. She tells him that she has been consulting astrological charts, and all signs point to death and destruction. Luisa claims that Esteban will be on the winning side, but his victory will be tainted in blood. Luisa also delivers Alba a message from Clara: she says Clara has been protecting Alba from the other side, but “death is at [her] heals.” Soon after, the government is taken over in a military coup d’état, in which Esteban’s son, Jaime, is killed and Alba is repeatedly tortured and raped. Luisa Mora is another example of spiritualism and the supernatural within the book, and her warnings represents the power of female intuition.