Lucas Páramo Character Analysis in Pedro Páramo

Lucas is Pedro Páramo’s father, who lives and dies deep in debt, despite his honesty and dedication to his Media Luna Ranch. He worries that Pedro is too lazy and dishonest to keep the Media Luna alive. Don Lucas dies in Pedro’s youth, when someone shoots and kills him by mistake at a wedding. Furious and unsure who to blame, Pedro retaliates by killing all the wedding’s attendees, marking the beginning of his long reign of terror in Comala.

Lucas Páramo Character Timeline in Pedro Páramo

The timeline below shows where the character Lucas Páramo appears in Pedro Páramo. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

...unfamiliar voice, crying and asking him to get up. It is Pedro’s mother, wailing because Pedro’s father has just died. Although it is before dawn, his mother is enveloped in a divine... (full context)

...after the first, Fulgor wonders how Pedro got so crafty. In fact, Pedro’s father don Lucas always thought of his son as unreliable and a failure—he wouldn’t help with the ranch... (full context)

...Pedro loves her. He says that Pedro was just secretive about his feelings because don Lucas didn’t think he deserved a wife as beautiful as Dolores. Fulgor asks if Dolores is... (full context)

...the Media Luna ranch. Pedro Páramo remembers the morning Pedro’s mother tearfully informed him that Pedro’s father had been killed. So many other deaths followed. Right now, Fulgor’s group has Miguel’s body... (full context)

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...be anyone, since Pedro Páramo killed dozens of people. After someone mistook Pedro’s father don Lucas for someone else at a wedding, they shot and killed him, and Pedro took revenge... (full context)

...cash upfront. He asks for 5,000 pesos, but Pedro offers him 1,000. Gerardo recalls that Lucas Páramo never fully paid his bills, and Miguel Páramo was constantly ending up in jail,... (full context)