← All characters

The Purple Land · Character

Alma

Child who Richard encounters and protects.

minor

Also known as Little Alma, little Alma

First appearance: xii children in the forest

Alma's tie to Manuel the Fox is one of the pressures that moves The Purple Land—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

See Alma in xii children in the forestBook page

Free preview opens at this moment — character cards, Character Web, and themes sit beside the text as you read.

With Manuel the Fox (romantic): Alma and Manuel the Fox are lovers entangled in a web of deceit and revolutionary intrigue. With Niebla (friendship): Alma and Niebla are close allies, sharing secrets and supporting each…

Continue beside the text

The fuller portrait of Alma sits in Reading Lens — open the free preview to keep reading with notes on the page.

See Alma in xii children in the forest

Character Web

9 connections

A slice of how Alma sits in the book — open the reader for the full interactive map.

MTManuel the FoxNINieblaANAnitaMAMargaritaDEDemetriaALAlma

Relationship types

  • Romantic
  • Friendship
  • Other

Character groups

  • Vulnerable and cunning characters
  • Protagonist

+4 more in the full Character Web

Open in reader

Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

SetupAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

The emotional and psychological peak occurs when the narrator admits he is "only a creature of clay" and canno…

Full beat labels and climax notes unlock in the reader.

Follow the arc while reading

Relationships

Relationship notes

How these ties play out is in the reading companion — open the free preview.

See Alma in xii children in the forest
See Alma in xii children in the forest
Who is Alma in The Purple Land?