The Guest Characters

Daru, the protagonist of the story, is a French schoolteacher stationed at a remote schoolhouse on a huge plateau in French Algeria. Daru leads a solitary life, but suddenly finds himself caught between his duty… read analysis of Daru

The Arab is a nameless prisoner who is presumably aligned with the Algerian resistance movement in French Algeria. The reader learns almost nothing about him, even though he’s a central figure in the story. The… read analysis of The Arab

Balducci is a French military policeman who puts the Arab into Daru’s custody at the schoolhouse. As a gendarme and an agent of the French colonial regime, Balducci is not simply an enforcer of… read analysis of Balducci