Felipe Rivera Summary

Felipe Rivera is motivated by, in a way, revenge. By aiding the forces rebelling against the Mexican authorities he sees a way to avenge the deaths of his parents. His father was involved in a protest against the Mexican government and was shot, along with Felipes mother, by federal troops. He is therefore directly affected by the injustices committed by the regime of Díaz. Perhaps he seeks to continue his fathers work by aiding the revolution. This is never stated but as most of the insight into his character has to do with his memories of the circumstances of his fathers death it is, perhaps, alluded to as he now seemingly lives only to further the cause of the resistance.
Hiding Felipes true drive from the reader for so long has the