Chapter 6 Summary

Isabel is the Americas' candidate for Planetary President and she will be holding a reception on her patio today. She has been in the news, as has her extremely obese daughter Carmela. Isabel has had another daughter disintegrated for a hundred years so that she will not have to deal with her while she is achieving her political goals.

Agapito, a servant, is making the arrangements for the reception on the patio and there is a problem. A pyramid keeps emerging in the middle of the patio. Isabel doesn't want it known because it will cause the government to declare the pyramid a historic site and excavations will take place. The solution is to place 660-pound Carmela over the pyramid so it won't show.

Chapter 6 Analysis

The pyramid is a recurring symbol. Introduced in the first chapter, its destruction echoes the destruction not...