Character

So far Lupe is the main character it Rain of Gold. She has a very strong faith and loves her mother very much. The reader gets the sense that she try's to be mature, but really she is immature. She also is very innocent and she is always trying to do the right thing and please God. Lupe treats everyday as a miracle and as a new opportunity to please God. For a six year old, Lupe is a hopeless romantic. She fell in love with one of the Colonels at the gold mine in her village. When he goes on long trips she waits hopelessly for him to return to her, although he already has a wife. But when he dies in battle, she builds him an altar. She finds a fawn in the clearing and takes him in, because she is a loving little girl.