Rooster

 

Sentia tristeza y temor cuando estaba solo. Recogi tres huevos en el gallinero y regrese a desayunar. Antonio --sonrio mi madre y tomo los huevos y la leche. Ven a desayunar. (____) - Fidel.

 

How to eat a guava

I had my last guava the day we left Puerto Rico. It was large and juicy, almost red in the center, and so fragrant that I didn't want to eat it because I would lose the smell. (4) - Quentin

"When you bite into a ripe guava, your teeth must grip the bumpy surface and sink into the thick edible skin without hitting the center" (___) - Laila

The kitchen

Antonio could see his mother and Ultima in the kitchen from the top of the stairs. 

Lupito

He had the war disease. 

"He is an animal! He has to be shot!" (Chapter Dos) - Andrew

Pedro

"Of all my uncles I loved my uncle Pedro the most. " (Chapter Cinco)

 

El Mangle

"When we first came to El Mangle, I wouldn't drink, and I didn't take a bath because I thought the water come from the lagoon." (141) - Marilyn

When I was ...

The Marez

Gabriel Márez - Antonio's father is a former vaquero (cowboy) who dreams of moving his family to California.

"Hey that's right," he said, "Márez means sea, it means you came from the ocean, Tony Márez arisen from the sea...My father says our blood is restless, like the sea..." (123) - Victoria

Última and Antonio

Ultima and Antonio would go out for walks and gather herbs. 

Despite being the archetypal female, she is androgynous. She has had no husband or children, although she has been a mother figure to many. Because her age exempts her from normal female/male role expectations and because she is a curandera, she has power that a woman would not normally have. She has been active in the public world as well as the private household in ways not usually accepted for women in traditional patriarchal societies. (At least partially because of such power and public role, she is accused of being a bruja.) Finally, she is a devout Catholic like the Lunas, but also devout in her love of the wind, the sun, and the llano like the Marezes.

The Juniper Tree

Juniper - A small shrub that grows 4-6 feet high in the Southwest, juniper is used to cure headaches, influenza, nausea, and spider bites. Indians also burned juniper wood for feasting and ceremonial fires.

The tree where Narciso is killed.