The Purple Land · Character
Colonel Peralta
Aged military officer from the Peralta family.
minor
Also known as old Colonel Peralta
First appearance: xxviii goodbye to the purple land
Colonel Peralta shows up with force in XXII: A Crown of Nettles. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The old, insane father who believes Richard is his son Calixto.
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In XXII: A Crown of Nettles: The old, insane father who believes Richard is his son Calixto. Later, in XXIII: The Red Flag of Victory: Old, white-haired, and mad; mistakes Lamb for his dead son Calixto; later becomes…
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- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
The emotional and psychological peak occurs when the narrator admits he is "only a creature of clay" and canno…
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