Pedro Páramo Characters

Macho, Macho Man Pedro Páramo, whose name is on the cover of the book, is obviously the BMIC—Big Man in Comala. He's rich, ruthless, and a little bit romantic, as it turns out. The whole novel i...

Mama's BoyJuan Preciado is the main narrator of the novel, and Pedro Páramo's son. He is driven by a promise he made to his mother to go find his scuzzbag father, and to make him pay for abandonin...

Father Rentería is, in his way, as much of a deadbeat dad as Pedro Páramo is. No, he doesn't have any children, but he's a greedy and immoral Father.If Pedro Páramo represents all the greed and...

Susana isn't super active in this novel—her big contribution to the plot is dying after acting crazy for a long time. But that doesn't take away from her importance. She is Pedro Páramo's obsess...

Abundio is like the credits of Pedro Páramo: He only shows up at the beginning and the end of the novel. He's not just a deaf mule driver; he's also an important catalyst for the action of the st...

Dorotea is another madwoman (this town is crawling with 'em) but unlike fellow crazylady Susana San Juan, she's not married to Pedro Páramo, and she's really poor. Miguel Páramo, Pedro's son, hir...

Miguel is the kind of guy you want to push into the mud. You want to pour cigarette ash in his coffee. You want to prank him, in order to make him feel like he's going slowly insane. He has no rede...

Eduviges (pronounced eh-doo-BEE-hays) is the ghostess hostess with the mostess. She's the lady who first receives Juan Preciado when he gets into Comala, and she is an important source of informati...

Dolores is the narrator's, mother, and the reason for his whole horrible journey to Comala. She gets her son to promise her right before she dies that he'll go searching for his father, Pedro Pára...

Fulgor is Pedro's right-hand man: He's the Tom Hagen to Pedro's Don Corleone. He was Pedro's dad's right-hand man before that, and thought Pedro was a lousy brat until he became his boss. When the...

Donis and his sister are the strange couple that Juan Preciado crashes with after the ghosts abandon him in the streets of Comala.Donis is pretty suspicious of Juan, and goes about his business as...

Damiana is the second woman who Juan meets in Comala. She takes him away from Eduviges' house and into the street. She used to be the cook up at the Media Luna ranch, and took care of Juan when he...

Toribio Aldrete is one of Pedro's challengers. He builds a fence trying to show the property line between the Media Luna ranch and his land, and pays dearly for it. Pedro has him killed, even tho...

Susana's father, Bartolomé, is a real opportunist who uses his daughter to get ahead. He sends her down into dark mine shafts to search for gold coins, and then he gives her to Pedro Páramo as hi...

Justina is the faithful maid of Susana San Juan. She has known her since she was a baby, and took care of her mother when she was dying of tuberculosis. She stays with Susana even though she is ins...

Pedro's lawyer, Gerardo, is like the Saul Goodman to Pedro's Walter White. He works for the Páramo family for years, but when the Revolution makes life tough he decides to take off to another town...

There's also a grab bag of ghostly characters that come on the scene in Pedro Páramo. Since Juan Rolfo gave 'em names, we thought we'd better mention them. Plus, you know, we want to honor the de...