Pedro Paramo
1
• Mom (DOLORITA) wants him to meet Dad (PEDRO PARAMO)
• Says dad will enjoy meeting him
•Also he should demand what dad owed mom but never gave her
• Wasn’t gonna go, but fills his dreams, illusions
2
• Hot, humid
• Asks if already at Comala and they are very close
• Mother never went back to Comala, but longed for it
• Sad times
• Barren, dessert landscape
• Hot, Comala is in “mouth of hell”
• Weird sequence in which this dude already knows things, but also asks questions/
answers questions twice
• Also son of PP—says he is a horrible dude
3.
• Has portrait of mom---only one bc his mom hated portraits, keeps it in pocket
• Mom thinks portraits are witchcraft—maybe right bc her portrait is full of holes,
huge one over her heart
• Brought portrait so dad recognizes him
• JP gets directions
• Other son of PP says PP sucks, fucked over their mothers, owns all the land
• JP says Comala looks abandoned, other says says “its not what it look. No one
lives ther” (contradictory). Says PP died years ago
4.
• Comala is dead silent
• Sees a woman, asks about eduviges, she tells him where to go
• She seems kinda---zombie- ish
• Town is silent and empty, but seems alive
• Hears only silence, but maybe its because he came with his head full of noise and
voices and isn’t used to the quiet
• Some of these voices are stronger here, his mom told him he will be able to hear
her better in Comala
•Wants to say mom sent him to wrong place, empty town
• Knocks on door, hand goes through
5.
• Muleteer (ABUNDIO) peaces out, says where he is going and that JP is welcome
to stay at his house
• Says to look around Comala, maybe there are some old ppl left alive
• Look for Eduviges for a place to stay, she might be alive
• JP asks his name, but doesn’t hear last name
6.
• Meets EDUVIGES DYADA
•Seems she was waiting for him
• House is dark, shadowy, full of junk bc everyone chose here to keep their junk
and no one came back for it
• Doloritas told Eduviges that JP was coming today
