# Pedro Romero — The Sun Also Rises character guide

> Pedro Romero in The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Romero

**First appearance:** 0017-xiii

## Who they are

Young, gifted bullfighter from Pamplona whose grace in the ring and green pants captivate Brett and unsettle the men around her.

## Relationships

### [Belmonte](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sun_also_rises_se/characters/belmonte)

_rivalry_

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

### [Mike Campbell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sun_also_rises_se/characters/mike_campbell)

_rivalry_

Mike drunkenly insults and threatens Romero out of jealousy over Brett's infatuation with the bullfighter.

### [Mike Campbell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sun_also_rises_se/characters/mike_campbell)

_rivalry_

Mike drunkenly insults and threatens Romero out of jealousy over Brett's infatuation with the bullfighter.

### [Mike Campbell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sun_also_rises_se/characters/mike_campbell)

_rivalry_

Mike drunkenly insults and threatens Romero out of jealousy over Brett's infatuation with the bullfighter.

### [Belmonte](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sun_also_rises_se/characters/belmonte)

_rivalry_

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

## In the story

### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sun_also_rises_se/chapters/xv)

Bullfighter who impresses Brett with his skill and looks; does not fight the next day.

### [Chapter XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sun_also_rises_se/chapters/xvi)

Young bullfighter; polite and composed, attracts Brett's attention; later reads her palm.

### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sun_also_rises_se/chapters/xvii)

Kills the bull that killed Vicente Girones; gives his ear to Brett; has beaten Cohn.

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

Brett's bullfighter; performs brilliantly in the ring, winning the crowd; does not look up at Brett during the fight.

### [Book III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sun_also_rises_se/chapters/book-iii)

Brett mentions that she left him, implying he wanted her to change her ways, which she could not accept.

## Links

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