Paula | Teaching Key Figures

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

Isabel Allende - This person is the narrator and protagonist who emerges as strong, imaginative, passionate, and loving but also impulsive, prone to mistakes, and, at times, guilt ridden.

Juan Allende - Plagued with illness from the moment of his birth, this person is the narrator's weak, but likable, youngest brother.

Pancho Allende - This person is the narrator's brother, their parents' second child, and a troublemaker from his teenage years on.

Salvador Allende - This person is the founder of Chile's Socialist Party and the world's first freely elected Marxist president, and...
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