Broad and Alien Is the World (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Ciro Alegría
- First Published: 1941
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: 1912-1926
- Setting: Peru
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Justice, Suffering, Politics, Crime or criminals, 1910’s, 1920’s, Native Americans or American Indians, Lawyers, Corruption, Ranches, ranchers, or ranching, South America or South Americans, Peru or Peruvians, Courts or courtrooms, Bulls, Geography
- Locales: Andes, Peru
Characters Discussed
Rosendo Maquis (rroh-SEHN-doh MAH-kees), mayor of the Peruvian Indian village of Rumi. He fights a losing battle to keep his people from losing their ancestral lands. He is a peaceful man who seeks only justice from the whites. Seeking to recover the village’s prize bull, he is imprisoned as a thief. He dies in prison, victim of a brutal beating administered when he is erroneously thought to be responsible for helping another prisoner, Fiero Vasquez, escape.
Bismarck Ruiz (bees-MAHRK rrwees), an unethical lawyer. He is retained by the Indians to...
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