Pedro Tercero Garcia represents the revolutionary peasants who will work to make that change happen. The Trueba women, as well as Jaime, also support this cause. .
Simply by making class struggle a major theme of the novel, The House of the Spirits supports the view of the peasants. The third person narration of the story is in fact given in the perspective of Alba, a supporter of the socialist revolution. Alba's views also dominate in Esteban Trueba's commentary who slowly comes to accept his granddaughter's position. The breaking down of social barriers is also seen when those who believe themselves to be civilized are shown to be inhumane, irrational, and malicious, while the "barbaric" peasants demonstrate reasonable and successful responses to everything.
The Candidate who had barely won the presidency never gained majority support within Chile. He also had many foreign adversaries including the United States government and many european countries. The reader can clearly see these localities begin to shift, and become the greatest foreign power within Chile when Clara and Blanca notice that Jaime and Nicolas are being taught to speak "spanish with an Oxford accent". Jean de Satigny also becomes a representation of a foreign power throughout the novel. As he mysteriously appears in South America, the Truebas' show how South American aristocracy overvalues "European class", and how Europeans abuse this situation for their own financial gain. This can be looked at as a representatin to the United States and european countries manipulating Chile to excel their financial gain.
The election consisted of a three-way race that included a conservative and a centrist candidate. The socialist candidate won, receiving only 36.2 percent of the vote. When the socialists won the election, the conservatives led by Esteban Trueba began to conspire on how to suck the economy dry. The conservative government had always won their elections in the past through intimidation.