Her internal struggle is most evident in the scene where she hesitates to give in to the desire to see the narrator's girlfriend and the language in which she is portrayed is almost violent. “Help me”, said his body, painfully divided in two”. (96) we read in the text, a rather extreme description of a little girl who wants to play with a chick. But the narrator recognizes her own struggle in Ofélia, can see her give birth in giving in to her desires. Because of this, the narrator does his best to help Ophelia through the painful process, taking her back to the beginning of the story where she called herself a messenger. “Should I risk it? should I give in to the feeling? he wondered. Yes, she answered herself, through me." (97) She is the one who provides Ophelia with the understanding of what she is going through. He already knows the courage it takes to give in to the love that only mothers can understand, to her desires, and in providing her with silent comfort he is able to guide her through this process. Throughout its duration, the narrator serves as a mother figure to Ofélia who is becoming mother and child at the same time. This is supported by the images of the scene. The narrator describes his transformation as "his whole body [becoming] swollen and deformed" (96) and