Pedro Páramo (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Juan Rulfo
- First Published: 1955
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Magical realism
- Time of Work: Late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
- Setting: Comala, Jalisco, Mexico
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Magical Realism, Fantasy
- Subjects: Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, Rural or country life, Guilt, Native Americans or American Indians, Fate or fatalism, Catholics or Catholic Church, Mexico or Mexicans, Ghost towns, Ethnology
- Locales: Jalisco, Mexico
Characters Discussed
Juan Preciado (hwahn preh-see- AH-doh), the protagonist and point-of-view character of the novel. A young, curious man, Juan decides to research and discover his past after the death of his mother. Juan returns to the dusty provincial town of Comala in search of the man he knows to be his father, Pedro Páramo. Although he finds the town virtually deserted and Páramo dead, he continues to investigate the events that have brought the town to its current state. He talks with the local inhabitants who remain. Literally suffocated by the paralysis and despair...
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