The Old Gringo (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Carlos Fuentes
- First Published: 1985
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical realism
- Time of Work: 1913-1914
- Setting: Chihuahua, Mexico
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Revolutionaries, Sex or sexuality, Authors or writers, Revolutions, 1910’s, Mexico or Mexicans, Soldiers, Machismo, Latin America or Latin Americans
- Locales: Mexico, Chihuahua, Mexico
Characters Discussed
Harriet Winslow, the character who “sits and remembers” the story of her adventure in Mexico. Harriet, who is unmarried, agrees to go to Mexico in the service of the Miranda family to teach English to their three children; she hopes thus to escape a stultifying existence in Washington, D.C. Arriving in Mexico, she is used by revolutionary leaders, and she finds the country in turmoil and the Miranda hacienda in ruins. She becomes involved with a revolutionary general, whom she ultimately betrays.
Ambrose Bierce (beers), the “old gringo,” a...
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