# Belmonte — The Sun Also Rises character guide

> Belmonte in The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0017-xiii

## Who they are

Famous but aging bullfighter who appears at the Pamplona fiesta.

## Relationships

### [Pedro Romero](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sun_also_rises_se/characters/pedro_romero)

_rivalry_

Belmonte is an aging bullfighter whose diminished skill is contrasted with Romero's youthful brilliance in the ring.

### [Pedro Romero](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sun_also_rises_se/characters/pedro_romero)

_rivalry_

Belmonte is an aging bullfighter whose diminished skill is contrasted with Romero's youthful brilliance in the ring.

## In the story

### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sun_also_rises_se/chapters/xviii)

Aging matador; struggles with pain and diminished greatness; overshadowed by Romero's performance.

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