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Juan

A Mexican vaquero or lover in border poems.

minor

First appearance: A Border Affair

Juan shows up with force in A Border Affair. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Juana, the Mexican girl the narrator loved and learned Spanish from.
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Juan first appears in 0026 a border affair.

In A Border Affair: Juana, the Mexican girl the narrator loved and learned Spanish from.

Later, in The Bull Fight: Brings his Pepita into town for the bullfight festival.

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Character Web

7 connections

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MAMarySUSusieCBCharles Badger…PEPepitaUEUncle EdJUJuan

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Border and Love Characters
  • Diverse Cowboy Cast
  • Authors and Character References
  • Poetic Personas and Figures

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Rising action.

SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

The emotional/psychological peak occurs when the speaker shifts from describing the Colt as a cold, bellicose…

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See Juan in A Border Affair
See Juan in A Border Affair