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Carmen Rosa: The main protagonist of the novel. During her childhood, instead of playing with dolls like
the other girls, she spent her time thinking about how old Ortiz was before the “misery”. In the story
the death of her two loved ones is evidenced: Don Casimiro her father, and Sebastián her boyfriend,
which makes her conclude in the final to go to the East before the sufferings also address her, and she
Sebastián: Carmen Rosa's fiancé. He comes from Parapara to Ortiz every Sunday to visit his love. It is
Mr. Cartaya: An old curmudgeon, unfriendly and distrustful. He is said to be a 33rd degree Freemason.
Very practicing of the doctrines of Juan Vicente Gómez. When Carmen Rosa was little, he told her
Marta: She is the only sister of Carmen Rosa and is married to Panchito.
Father Pernía: He is the priest of Ortiz, a mulatto from Yaracuy. He founded the Collectivity of the
Heart of Jesus for old ladies and spinsters; the "Daughters of Mary" for young single women; and the
“Teresitas of the child Jesús” that offers a catechism for girls. He had an unchanging spirit in his
religion.
Celestino: A great friend of Carmen Rosa, who was always in love with her, but never told her for fear
that she would indicate that she could never love him, for which she would have to resign herself to
Pericote: A calm and carefree person, with his four and his corridos, his shameless obscene jokes and
his innocent serenades. He never wanted to see the sour side of life, and he is the husband of Petra
Socorro.
Petra Socorro: She is the lady of Pericote. She had worked as a prostitute at El Sombrero. When
Colonel Cubillos had asked her for a night of pleasure and she said no, he concluded to retaliate by
Father Franceschini: A man more insightful, more pious, or more cultured than he has passed through
the town of Ortiz. He was a saint and he was stubborn like all saints. He never wanted to become a
Venezuelan national because he felt that to stop being Italian was to abandon something that had been
born with him. With his harmonious Italian accent, he promised to make that church one of the most
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buenos deseos, felicitaciones, saludos despedidas cordiales o formales.