I have to say, that I both loved and hated the tale of Pedro Paramo. One of my favorite techniques in writers, is unraveling the story piece by piece. This forces the reader to trust the writer, continue reading, and even to reread in order to fully grasp what is going on in the story. Juan Rulfo definitely did a lot of this in Pedro Paramo. He goes back and forth in time and has sudden transitions from narrator to narrator. This can sometimes be frustrating as the reader. However, without these odd perspectives, I don't think Pedro Paramo would have had nearly the impact that it does. The catch is that all of the characters are dead. In order to tell their stories, the reader must understand their past that can only be told through their own perspectives. Therefore telling this story from  only one perspective would be both boring and nearly impossible.

I thought that the most interesting perspective was that of Susana San Juan. In class, Dr. Reed said that Juan Rulfo saw Susana as the main character of the entire story. Although her perspective is not the most prominent, I would have to agree. She seems to by the center of the plot. First of all, she embodies Pedro's commodification of women. Pedro loved Susana, but he also killed her father and her lover to get to her. There was also a sense of him using her insanity in order to take advantage of her. Additionally, Susana is the reason that Comala is a desert town. When Pedro loses her, he deliberately stops all work in the town. He instead sits on his porch all day looking down the road that they took her body. Because Pedro had essentially monopolized the entire town, the whole economy fell through. Susana's death is the catalyst of the demise of Comala. 

Overall, I admire this work because it is unique and thought provoking. The characters were all quite complex, which added to their level of mystery. The transition of voices, though sometimes confusing was done very well. By the end of the story, I could tell which voice belonged to whom without even reading their name.