Pedro Paramo Close Read Chapter 1

This passage is obviously setting up the book with the characterization, but we still

don’t know who all of these people that are introduced are and what they mean. The

first page leaves the reader wondering who Pedro is and what he did and what they

need to get back from him. This passage also ties in emotion and confusion in the

narrator and makes you want to take the journey to figure it all out with him. Because

the passage is so passionate and emotional, it grabs you into the book. Another

reason why the reader is wants to read on is because of the vagueness. The sentence

structures vary, but they are very to the point. It is confusing because although the

sentences are to the point, they are still very vague in explaining what is going on

and who these people are. We can see a motif of death, and we later see that it is a

prevalent motif throughout the book.

Dania Keller