Luna/Mares

The union of the father and the mother

Among the many conflicts Antonio seeks to resolve, the tension between his parents ranks foremost. A devout Catholic, María Luna Márez is the daughter of farmers, and she desperately wants Antonio to become a priest. But his father, Gabriel Márez, is a former vaquero, or cowboy, whose wandering spirit has not settled despite marriage and six children. 

"the white sun reflected off his bright orange scales and glistening glorious light blinded us and filled us with the rapture true beauty brings" (237) - Marilyn G.