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The Colonel
El Mulato is the Colonel’s fierce right-hand man, a rebel soldier who accompanies him in battle. When the Colonel sends El Mulato to kidnap Belisa Crepusculario so that he can ask her to write him a political speech, El Mulato treats her roughly, throwing her on the back of his horse and waiting many hours to give her food or water. However, as Belisa works on the Colonel’s speech, El Mulato starts to notice her physical attractiveness and lust after her. When she leaves after whispering her two secret words in the Colonel’s ear, El Mulato follows her for a moment, but Belisa already has her sights set on the Colonel, and she casually rejects him. Later, as El Mulato watches the Colonel’s thoughtful and withdrawn state worsen and starts to feel the sting of Belisa’s rejection of his own advances, El Mulato resents and fears Belisa’s artistic power so much that he would attack her if the Colonel weren’t there to intervene.
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El Mulato Character Timeline in The Stories of Eva Luna
The timeline below shows where the character El Mulato appears in The Stories of Eva Luna. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Story 1: Two Words
...One day, a fearsome military rebel known as “the Colonel” sends his most loyal officer, El Mulato , to abduct Belisa at the market. At his camp, the Colonel tells Belisa that...
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...she reads it out loud three times for the Colonel to memorize. The Colonel and El Mulato are pleased with the final product, and the Colonel asks Belisa to name her price....
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...success. He constantly obsesses over Belisa and the two words she whispered in his ear. El Mulato and the Colonel’s other men are distressed to see the Colonel so sad and reflective....
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