Victoria_Guzman


 * Character || Victoria Guzman ||
 * Role in plot || =====Victoria Guzman is the cook of the Nasars’. When young she had an affair with Santiago’s dad, Ibrahim Nasar. On the day of Santiago’s murder she was preparing rabbits in the kitchen during breakfast, she knew that the Vicario brothers were going to kill Santiago but never mentions it to him because of the hate she had for his father. ===== ||
 * Signifigance of name in work || The name Victoria means victory in Latin and was also the Roman goddess of victory. Victoria's last name, Guzman, is a historic surname of spanish origin. Guzman (which decents from Guzmán, good man) stands for a noble, lord or cadet you has served the military. Both of Victoria's names refer to war at some level. This fits the character in a way that she has been fighting almost her whole life with Santiagos dad's and her relationship. Her personality is strong when it comes to dealing with Santiago's ideas of taking away her daughters virginity, she is ready fight for something that she perhaps lost. Her name being Victoria could also indicate that she won her battle with Santiago's dad, due to her powerfull will to fight her way through. ||