Chapter 4

Baltasar was so furious that he even hit the wall and got several bumps on his head after
to calm down a bit, she wiped her eyes and went to the kitchen to tell Zoila that she wouldn't eat because
I would go on a hunger strike in protest of the attack on the liberal party. It started
to argue with his wife with strong words to the point that they said it was a mistake to have
married.

Baltasar arrived at his job at the bank as a cashier where he argued with Mr. Peña, the boss of
current accounts on the matches, a discussion more about that then he went to his window
where he started with his work but while doing it he couldn't stop thinking about the electoral defeat and
I was also thinking now what Casiano would tell me and wondered when the town would come to power.

Chapter 5

In Chapter 5 of 'The People Never Get Their Turn,' it is told that Bogotá in 1934 was in
a time when drugs were not known, there were no kidnappings and crimes were very few in that
era. The society of the time was divided into the "high class" or "upper class" and the plebe composed of
people from the lower class.

Casiano, due to his profession in buying and selling urban properties, met Nicanor Saldarriaga who
he was a merchant with a considerable capital, always obsessed with the idea of making money,
suspicious and stingy. Nicanor had a wife 35 years younger than him, her name was Susana
Monsalve, who was a slender woman, somewhat frivolous but very flirty. They had no children and the bad
They said that they had already seen Susana having encounters with other men several times.

Casiano was the intermediary for Nicanor to buy a large house and due to this fact, it
they made friends. On one of Casiano's visits to Nicanor's house, he met Susana, who
It attracted a lot of attention, and for this reason, visits to the house became more frequent.

During the visits, there were glances between Casiano and Susana, which was very exciting for him.
One night Casiano was at Nicanor's house and when he fell asleep, Casiano and Susana
They started to talk, he confessed to her how much he liked her and she admitted that she liked him too.
but she had to leave, he happy about the response tried to give her a kiss but she resisted.

Casiano was not in love but was very attracted to that woman and desired her with
anxiety, in addition to the idea that when Nicanor died and Susana inherited everything, it attracted her attention.
a lot of attention.
After a few months, one day Casiano was reading the newspaper and came across the news that
Nicaro Saldarriaga had passed away. Casiano, possessed by happiness, got up from the table, bought a
black tie and headed to the deceased's house. When he saw Susana, he gave her a hug, a kiss, and
he said: "here I am, no one will ever separate us" and she replied "no one". Casiano then took on the
functions of the homeowner, receiving wreaths, condolence messages, answering calls
telephones, etc.

Then they began the regular visits to the deceased's house, where there were kisses and attempts at
conquest. Susana told him that for them to have something, they at least had to wait for the Judge to rule.
succession.

One day Casiano meets Baltasar, whom he tells about his future marriage to a widow.
millionaire. Baltasar tells him that he should have dignity and pride. They ended up arguing about
that and also for political reasons, since Baltasar was from the conservative party.

Over time, the marriage between Casiano and Susana took place. He has now become a man.
important and elegant, every change in Casiano's life. One day he came across
Baltasar, they still maintained sarcasm in the conversation, and as always, they touched upon the topic of
politics. Baltasar had the idea that the people would come to power and remained loyal to the Revolution.
And Casiano was always firm in the idea that the Revolution was a farce.

CHAPTER VIII
The summary of chapter VIII of 'The People Never Gets a Turn' written by Álvaro Salom Becerra is as follows:
This last chapter begins with a plot that reflects the great corruption of society.
Colombian, the arrest of Baltazar for serious crimes committed in the City, and that the manager
from "Banco de la Patria", as a very influential person, finally resolves with tricks and
bribes.

Amidst these trivialities in Baltazar's life, the greatest tragedy was being born.
boring and scandalous of the Colombian political society, which would mark a turning point,
the assassination of Jorge Eliecer Gaitán and the frustration of a presidential candidacy, which according to
Baltasar, they were going to take Colombia out of misery, but once again and unfortunately, fate...
I would take charge of postponing and then I would win again the 'the people never gets a turn.'

Consequently, in the dramatic political plot of Colombia, "Gustavo Rojas" bursts onto the scene in 1953.
Pinilla would be the dictatorial ruler who would act cruelly against the people, especially
against the students. In this sense, the highly publicized case of the death of 12 students from the
National University
Pinilla, while the student protests were being suppressed.
Unfortunately for the people, in 1958 the 'National Front' is born, an alliance between parties that only
they would seek to divide the pie, liberals and conservatives would jointly abuse power in a way
cooperative and without mutual aggression, it would be 16 years of pact and complicity, nothing ever happened
good for the people, the average Colombian was becoming poorer and more unfortunate every day.

The abuse of authority and corruption were rampant, and Colombia was headed towards greater misery, in this
opportunity would have no chance or hope for change, because the two parties once
antagonistic, now or never would they care about the life of the people.

Finally, after 60 years of fights, contradictions, ideological struggles, waits

In Chapter VIII of 'The People Never Gets Its Turn,' it tells how Casiano, after his experience
as a spouse and millionaire, I return to singlehood and poverty.

He lived precariously off commissions obtained from investments he had made, which.
guaranteed a small income.

Susana also went bankrupt but discovered pimping, which was an equally lucrative business.
lucrative like that of banks and founded an elegant brothel with his lover and head of relations
public of the brothel which was a well-known politician and parliamentarian.

After witnessing many injustices and knowing cases of corruption and bribery in the elite, he/she
They realized that the people, that is, the resource-less individuals, had no possibility of getting there.
to power as it was controlled by people with money.

At the end of the story, Casiano admits to Baltasar that he was never right and was always wrong.
wrong because he spent 80 years believing that the arrival of the people to power would come somehow
day but it never was like that.