Supplement

To supplement my monotonous summarizing blog I would like to expand to Bolivar's delirium/dream's effect on his real life. When Bolivar is physically and figuratively on top of a mountain he is brought down by the god of Time he is told "Do not conceal the secrets heaven has revealed to you. Tell me the truth" (page 136). Bolivar's delirium could be seen as arrogant; and in some ways it is. However, this is not a bad sense of arrogance. An aristocrat, Bolivar is well off, however he uses his wealth, and knowledge, (such as that acquired in his delirium) for good. He was a succesful conquerer and had a large role in the independence of several countries including Venezuela, Columbia, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Panama and is often referred to as the "George Washington of South America" (wikipedia.org).