San Manuel Bueno, Martir

Miguel de Unamuna

1931, 1898

Valverde de Lucerna

Spain

a "saint" in the small village, everyone loves him and he loves everyone

Lazaro- brother (signifies coming back to life) Angelita- main character (signifies angels) Mother Don Manuel- saint (signifies dios con nosotros) Blasillo the fool- yound retarded boy

believes in the happiness of the town, not in religion. or in an afterlife. "la religion es el opio del pueblo"

Renada

for the town to wake up from the dream of another life b/c if they will live in a cruel world

"dios mio, dios mio porque me has abandonado"

the end of the creed because he does not believe in an enternal life. He suffers alot through his life because he pretends to believe

Martir- has a large connection with another book (the bible) which is referenced many times in the story

Unamuna references another of his books (Niebla) and the main character in it (Augusto perez)

the author interrupts the text

Angela Carballino- written in first person as a testimony and infers what happened to be true, unamuno interrupts this and says he did not change anything and presented it to the reader to interpret,

Santa Teresa (vivir sin vivir en mi) she actually believes greatly in the faith whereas don manuel does not