Elvira Evers is a Panamanian woman employed as a general worker and cashier at the Canteen Corporation. In her interview, she recalls being shot in the stomach during the riots—while pregnant. Evers’s friend rushed her to the hospital, where she gave birth via cesarian-section. A doctor then surgically removed the bullet, which was lodged in her baby’s elbow. Had the bullet not landed there, neither Evers nor her baby would have survived the shooting. Evers suggests that her unborn daughter “caught [the bullet] in her arms,” which she frames as a lesson about the importance of “open[ing] your eyes” to one’s surroundings. This reflects the play’s larger theme of opening oneself to the outside world in order to forge connections with others and be a part of a collective consciousness.
Elvira Evers Quotes in Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
The Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 quotes below are all either spoken by Elvira Evers or refer to Elvira Evers. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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To Look Like Girls from Little
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If she didn’t caught it in her arm,
me and her would be dead.
See?
So it’s like
open your eyes,
watch what is goin’ on.
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Elvira Evers Quotes in Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
The Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 quotes below are all either spoken by Elvira Evers or refer to Elvira Evers. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
To Look Like Girls from Little
Quotes
If she didn’t caught it in her arm,
me and her would be dead.
See?
So it’s like
open your eyes,
watch what is goin’ on.
Related Characters:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
