Encounter between Blanca and Pedro
In Chapter 4, Blanca and Pedro meet for the first time and immediately fall in love. Their love, however, is forbidden because of the division between social classes. Esteban’s character has the most influence throughout the story. He is represented in Clara’s journals and through Alba because he is still alive throughout the story. Esteban seems like he is unaware of how far Blanca and Pedro’s relationship may go because Blanca is just a child, and it is an unwritten rule that they should not be together. It seems like he expects Blanca to understand that they should not be together, even though she is a child and only understands that if you are in love you should be together. It is a little strange that no one picked up on this until it was too late. It is still strange that Esteban would even allow them to play together as children if he was so obsessed with the divisions between social classes.