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 Juan Reyes
Juan in childhood was a bully to Esperanza and a young
Lucia in Mexico. In his old age he is
shown to be a bit more compassionate.
History
In his youth Juan was shown to be a troublesome boy who
pulled pranks and bullied young Lucia and
Esperanza. His antics included throwing rocks at them, taking their
towels, stealing their food, and apparently gluing Esperanza's pigtails
together. Despite this Esperanza believed that he could be changed if
shown compassion. The defining moment happened when two other bullies
threw Juan's shoes into a tree over a ravine. Esperanza climbed up the
tree and paid the ultimate sacrifice when the branch broke and she fell
into the ravine.
Esperanza's sacrifice was not in vain as Lucia learned from her example
and invited Juan to sit with her at Esperanza's funeral. She also gave
the necklace Esperanza gave to her to Juan saying "she would want it
that way". Juan ended up moving away later with his grandmother. While
it is unknown what happened to Juan during the years in between. He
appeared years later in charge of a halfway house encouraging
Matthew Parker to not give up on
witnessing to Jay as Esperanza had to him
many years ago; still with Esperanza's necklace in possession.
Family
It is mentioned that Juan lived with his grandmother as a
child. It is unknown if he has any other living family. |
