Weeeelllll, since i last unloaded my thoughts and opinions on the conference we haven't read too much. However, we have discussed much about Sab and read Sab ces't moi, pero no me gusta el nombre porque hablo espanol. We have also had the honor of talking to Nina Scott.
Now i think the most interesting thing said on our skype conversatoin was the information about theresa. At first it seemed to me that theresa was being really nice to Sab and was helping him out. But then Dr. Scott said something that struck me, that i knew to be true but still hit me. The fact that teresa and sab were equals. They were both outcasts. Teresa had a specific beauty about her "a beauty which comes from the soul". if i were to characterize the appearence or apeal of Sab i feel it would be pretty much the same. He can't be defined by race or class, he isn't a classic prince charming, just like theresa isn't a classic female protagonist. however something about the two of them is the most beautiful thing in the novel.
Sab goes on to say "this world has not understood you, but i who know you should worship and bless you". He knews her for what she truly is "an angel".
i feel like the word misunderstood is a cop-out and does not encapture the true characteristics of these two. They are the sub characters in a sense that hold all of the meaning and importance. The fact that the two of them seem to be considered sub-human gives them more humanity than anything else.
Al first glance/read, teresa lacks the compassion and personality that carlota does, however in the end we realize that it is acutally teresa that contains the substance as previously mentioned.
Sab too, at first he cannot be characterized, he is simply Sab. He is an orphan and slave, without a true race or distinguishable features. because his outer shell and first apearance hold so much sub-human feelings. its is all the greater that he turns out to be the one with the most inside of him.