Characters from Chucaro: Wild Pony of the Pampa

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Pedro - He is the standard innocent young boy who develops a special bond with an animal.

Juan - He is a young, relatively quiet and solitary gaucho who is Pedro's primary caretaker.

Chúcaro - The beautiful, mysterious pink horse that Pedro and Juan develop a deep bond with and who they try to protect from the patrón and Armando.

Gitana - Juan's older, female horse who takes Chúcaro under her wing to teach him the ways of the horse.

The Vaquero - Pedro's father and the local town drunk.

The Mayordomo -...
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