... the novel, Susana's body provides her with great pleasure. As one critic has written: Susana herself is portrayed as sensuality incarnate. From her first direct appearance in the novel, Rulfo emphasizes her carnality....Susana appears to be the only character to have achieved sexual fulfillment... (Burton, 229). ... . By examining the different representations of Susana San Juan in this novel, I am attempting to redress the imbalance in the existing criticism. Our first image of Susana San Juan is filtered through the adolescent Pedro Paramo's idealizing gaze: "Hundreds of meters above ...

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