Martin Decoud

Nostromo

Decoud and Nostromo form a pragmatic alliance during the revolution, but their bond is strained by distrust and differing loyalties.

Antonia Avellanos

Antonia and Decoud are passionate lovers, bound by intellectual and political ideals, but separated by the chaos of revolution.

Emilia Gould

Emilia Gould and Martin Decoud share a close, intellectual friendship, with Emilia acting as a confidante to Decoud's political schemes.

Nostromo

Decoud and Nostromo form a pragmatic alliance during the revolution, but their bond is strained by distrust and differing loyalties.

Emilia Gould

Emilia Gould and Martin Decoud share a close, intellectual friendship, with Emilia acting as a confidante to Decoud's political schemes.

Nostromo

Decoud and Nostromo form a pragmatic alliance during the revolution, but their bond is strained by distrust and differing loyalties.

Antonia Avellanos

Antonia and Decoud are passionate lovers, bound by intellectual and political ideals, but separated by the chaos of revolution.

Emilia Gould

Emilia Gould and Martin Decoud share a close, intellectual friendship, with Emilia acting as a confidante to Decoud's political schemes.

Antonia Avellanos

Antonia and Decoud are passionate lovers, bound by intellectual and political ideals, but separated by the chaos of revolution.

Part I: The Silver of the Mine

A young intellectual from Sulaco, involved in political discussions and the silver mine's affairs.

Part II: The Isabels

Left alone on the Great Isabel with the silver, he experiences profound isolation and commits suicide.

III

Returns to Costaguana with a consignment of rifles; agrees to direct the newspaper 'Porvenir' at Don Jose's urging; his cynical detachment gives way to involvement, partly due to his feelings for Antonia.

Chapter IV

Gloomy and detached; mutters 'Le sort en est jete'; engages Giorgio Viola in a pointed conversation about loyalty and the people.

V

Argues passionately for Occidental secession and criticizes political purity; confesses his love for Antonia and urges her to flee.

VI

Decoud argues for bringing the silver down to the harbor, reveals his conversation with Nostromo, and outlines a plan involving Barrios and Hernandez to resist revolution.

VII

Narrates the plan to smuggle the silver; reflects on the Goulds' passions and his own love for Antonia; accompanies Nostromo on the lighter, suffering physical and mental strain.

VIII

Reflects on Nostromo's character and the danger of Hirsch; left alone on the island.

II

Mentioned as being in charge of the lighter with the silver; his life is at risk.

Chapter VIII

Presumed dead; Nostromo and the doctor discuss his role in the silver's removal and his fate.

Chapter IX

Mentioned as having led Nostromo into the silver affair; Nostromo reflects bitterly on Decoud's lack of care for him.

The Solitude of Martin Decoud and the Regenerated Sulaco

Decoud experiences profound solitude and despair on the Great Isabel, contemplating suicide after days without sleep and losing hope in love and purpose.