In the novel Pedro Paramo, Susana San Juan plays an important yet ambiguous role.

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Mia Buntic

November 7, 2002

Susana San Juan

In the novel Pedro Paramo, Susana San Juan plays an important yet ambiguous role. She lives in Comala and she is the wife of the wealthiest and most malicious landowner, Pedro Paramo. This wealth, however, does not satisfy her for she wishes to be with her deceased husband, Florencio. She does not find pleasure in the things that Pedro has to offer her, even though he does love her and tries to satisfy her. Susana is Pedro's first and only love, but she does not love him. She knows him from her childhood but recognizes that that is in the past and that they have very little in common now. Pedro's feelings for Susanna are so strong that after her death he falls into a big depression. Although, throughout the novel, Susanna is portrayed as a crazy woman, she plays an important role because she brings out a different side to Pedro Paramo and unknowingly proves that she is able to influence Pedro and through him, the rest of Comala.

Susana is first introduced at the beginning of the novel when Pedro is the narrator.