The Green House | Characters
Characterization in Vargas Llosa's novel does not emphasize psychological development. He describes each character's existence on a surface level and rarely delves into the motives behind his actions. Thus motivation is ambiguous and unclarified. It is part of the author's strategy to involve the reader, for it is left to each reader to discern a character's motives from dialogue and from given situations and circumstances.
The characters whose stories unfold in the settings of Piura and Santa Maria de Nieva are Bonifacia, also known as Wildflower, Jum of Urakusa, Fushia, Anselmo,...
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