Out of Sight Out of Mind

I felt that the idea of out of sight of mind really resonated throughout this book from the very beginning. Felipe doesn’t even remember the advertisement until he sees it a second time. Once in Senora Consuelo’s house darkness hides almost everything. This is especially true with Senora Consuelo, as she seems to not know half of what is going on in her house. She is even oblivious to the idea that rats have nested next to her chest, which hold remnants of her husband’s memoirs. Who knows what the rest of the house looked like. Felipe wandered around in the dark half of the time not questioning what may lay in the unknown. Darkness in the end even hides the truth from Felipe. It is not until moonlight comes through a crack, that rats had made in the wall, and Aura’s true identity is revealed. Does this idea of out of sight out of mind create happiness or is this simply an idea to aid in creating a new, more beneficial, outlook on something?