Older Doctors Character Analysis

These are friends of Alberto, whom he and Ernesto visit before crossing into Chile. One has a wife who is deeply suspicious of their aimless wandering and worries they’ll tempt her husband away from his stable, middle-class career. The other is devoted to the Radical party, which makes him ridiculous in Ernesto’s eyes since he considers this political party defunct. The lives of these older men seem stale and unappealing, and this gives Ernesto pause about his plans to become a doctor.