One way to summarize all the "Problematic Binaries" of House of Spirits is "Old vs New". The obvious conflicts being; Science and Religion, Man and Woman, Rural Technologies and New Technologies. These create Political problems for the reader as their opinion is manipulated by the dialogue and writing in the novel. For example the natural remedies that Nana relies on are used much more then the ones the doctor gives the characters. If memory serves, every baby in this novel has been born at home instead of a hospital. An example how the readers opinion is twisted is when the motorcar comes into the picture. The novel talks about how the community hated the motorcar and it outlines all the problems with it leading the reader to believe that the motor car was some horrible contraption when really we use cars today in everyday life. The Characters are conflicted by the Spiritualism versus Religion in which Clara has mystic abilities and is concidered a demon by the church.