▁sacrifice ▁and ▁is ▁content ▁only ▁so ▁long ▁as ▁he ▁" can ▁prev ail ▁over ▁men ▁who ▁are ▁hun ters ▁of ▁men ". ▁T oh il ▁pron oun ces : ▁" H ence for th ▁there ▁will ▁be ▁neither ▁true ▁death ▁nor ▁true ▁life . ▁Now ▁dance ." ▁As ▁Knight ly ▁explains , ▁this ▁scene ▁follows ▁the ▁President ' s ▁orders ▁for ▁Miguel ▁Angel ▁Face ▁to ▁go ▁on ▁a ▁mission ▁that ▁ends ▁in ▁his ▁death , ▁and ▁is ▁" a ▁sign ▁of ▁the ▁President ' s ▁evil ▁nature ▁and ▁purposes ". ▁Dav ies ▁cont ends ▁that ▁these ▁literary ▁techniques , ▁when ▁" comb ined ▁together ▁with ▁a ▁dis continu ous ▁structure , ▁give ▁the ▁text ▁its ▁sur real istic ▁and ▁night mar ish ▁atmosphere ". ▁ ▁Major ▁them es ▁ ▁Re ality ▁vs . ▁dream ▁Ast ur ias ▁bl urs ▁the ▁separation ▁between ▁dream ▁and ▁reality ▁throughout ▁, ▁making ▁it ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁novel ' s ▁most ▁prominent ▁them es . ▁Latin ▁American ▁writer ▁and ▁critic ▁A riel ▁Dorf man ▁notes ▁that ▁the ▁mixing ▁of ▁dream ▁and ▁reality ▁is ▁partly ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁Ast ur ias ' s ▁frequent ▁use ▁of ▁figur ative ▁language . ▁This ▁sty list ic ▁choice ▁is ▁reflected ▁in ▁the ▁content ▁of ▁the ▁story ▁itself , ▁which ▁suggests ▁that ▁an ▁important ▁effect ▁of ▁dict atorial ▁power ▁is ▁the ▁bl urr ing ▁of ▁dream s ▁and ▁reality . ▁Dorf man ▁also ▁notes ▁that ▁the ▁President ▁is ▁sust ained ▁by ▁fear , ▁which ▁further ▁bl urs ▁the ▁distinction ▁between ▁reality ▁and ▁dream