# Nunez — Short Fiction character guide

> Nunez in Short Fiction by H. G. Wells.

**Role:** major

**First appearance:** 0082-the-country-of-the-blind

## Snapshot

A sighted mountaineer who stumbles into a hidden valley of blind people, only to find his gift of sight is the one thing they cannot value.

## Who they are

Nunez arrives in the valley as an outsider, a man whose sight gives him practical advantages but no standing in a society that has never conceived of vision. His confidence in his own superiority collides with the valley's serene, self-sufficient order, and his desire for love and belonging pulls against his instinct to dominate. His struggle to be accepted, or to accept, drives the story's central meditation on what counts as sight and what counts as truth.

## In the story

### [The Country of the Blind](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_25_se/chapters/the-country-of-the-blind)

A mountaineer from near Quito who falls into the Country of the Blind; initially believes his sight will make him king, but is subjugated and becomes a citizen.

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