Inés’s father in “Eyes of Zapata,” who dislikes Emiliano because of his renegade politics and revolutionary character. Inés thinks that Remigio and Emiliano are such “perfect enemies” because they’re so similar to one another. The only difference, she says, is that Remigio isn’t a good fighter, a fact made obvious by how badly he gets injured in battle. He eventually dies with a hole in his back that sucks air in and out like a mouth. On his deathbed, he calls out his wife’s name, the syllables of which issue forth from the strange hole in his back.
Get the entire Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories LitChart as a printable PDF.
Remigio Alfaro Character Timeline in Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories
The timeline below shows where the character Remigio Alfaro appears in Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Eyes of Zapata
...she wants, humans never “free [themselves] completely until [they] love.” She explains to readers that her father has disowned her because of her relationship with Emiliano; he begs her to reconsider her...
(full context)
Emiliano hates talking about Inés’s father . Inés thinks these two men make such “perfect enemies” because they’re so much alike....
(full context)
...Inés's mother, returning her corpse to Inés on her parents’ front door. Shunned, she and her father went to live with her aunt, Tía Chucha, who slowly took on the role of...
(full context)
...soon leave her. She remembers the first time he kissed her, a beautiful moment under her father ’s avocado tree. “My sky, my life, my eyes,” Inés writes fragmentarily. “Before you open...
(full context)
