Question

background: on november 13, 1985, the long - dormant nevado del ruiz volcano erupted in colombia, south america. molten rock and hot gases melted the volcano’s thick ice cap and sent deadly mudslides down its slopes. more than 23,000 people died in the disaster—most of them in the town of armero. the media focused a lot of attention on one thirteen - year - old girl named omayra sánchez who was trapped in the mud. isabel allende uses these facts as the basis for this work of fiction. in her story, the trapped girl is named azucena, and the man who attempts to rescue her is journalist rolf carlé. short story - “and of clay are we created” they discovered the girl’s head protruding from the mud pit, eyes wide open, calling soundlessly. she had a first communion name, azucena. lily. in that vast cemetery where the odor of death was already attracting vultures from far away, and where the weeping of orphans and wails of the injured filled the air, the little girl obstinately clinging to life became the symbol of the tragedy. the television cameras transmitted so often the unbearable image of the head budding like a black squash from the clay that there was no one who did not recognize her and know her name. and every time we saw her on the screen, right behind her was rolf carlé, who had gone there on assignment, never suspecting that he would find a fragment of his past, lost thirty years before. 1. make an inference (guess): what is rolf’s profession? explain your reasoning.

Explanation:

1. The background text explicitly states "the man who attempts to rescue her is journalist Rolf Carlé."
2. The story text also notes he was "on assignment" and is positioned behind Azucena as television cameras transmit her image, which aligns with a journalist (specifically a broadcast journalist) working at a disaster scene.

Answer:

Rolf's profession is a journalist. The background information directly identifies him as a journalist, and the story details (being on assignment at the disaster, appearing alongside the televised images of Azucena) support this, as journalists report on and document such events.