▁frequently ▁appe als ▁to ▁the ▁reader ' s ▁aud itory ▁sens es . ▁Ast ur ias ' s ▁often ▁inc ant atory ▁style ▁emp lo ys ▁" un ad ul ter ated ▁poetry ▁to ▁rein force ▁his ▁imag ery ▁through ▁sound ". ▁This ▁helps ▁readers ▁to ▁understand ▁the ▁physical ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁psych ological ▁aspects ▁of ▁the ▁novel . ▁According ▁to ▁Knight ly , ▁" f ew ▁of ▁Ast ur ias ' s ▁characters ▁have ▁much ▁psych ological ▁depth ; ▁their ▁inner ▁conflicts ▁tend ▁to ▁be ▁external ized ▁and ▁played ▁out ▁at ▁the ▁arch et yp al ▁level ". ▁More ▁significantly , ▁Ast ur ias ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁Latin ▁American ▁novel ist ▁to ▁combine ▁stream ▁of ▁conscious ness ▁writing ▁and ▁figur ative ▁language . ▁Hugh es ▁Dav ies ▁arg ues ▁that ▁from ▁the ▁out set ▁of ▁, ▁the ▁gap ▁between ▁words ▁and ▁reality ▁is ▁exempl ified ▁through ▁on om at op oe ia , ▁sim ile ▁and ▁repet ition ▁of ▁phr ases . ▁Knight ly ▁notes ▁that ▁" anim istic ▁elements ▁surface ▁occasionally ▁in ▁the ▁characters ' ▁stream ▁of ▁conscious ness ". ▁For ▁example , ▁in ▁the ▁chapter ▁" T oh il ' s ▁Dance ", ▁T oh il , ▁the ▁God ▁of ▁Rain ▁in ▁May a ▁myth ology , ▁is ▁imag ined ▁by ▁Angel ▁Face ▁as ▁arriv ing ▁" rid ing ▁on ▁a ▁river ▁of ▁p ige ons ' ▁bre asts ▁which ▁flow ed ▁like ▁milk ". ▁In ▁Angel ▁Face ' s ▁vision , ▁T oh il ▁dem ands ▁a ▁human