The Narrator (Bruno Schulz) - “The Street of Crocodiles”
The narrator portrays the ubiquity of bogus undertakings in “The Street of Crocodiles” by submitting in-depth minutiae that go beyond the paltriness of the street which the map displays.
The Narrator’s Father - “The Street of Crocodiles”
The narrator asserts, “My father kept in the lower drawer of his large desk an old and beautiful map of our city.” The narrator juxtaposes his father’s map with the veracity of the obnoxious occurrences which emerge in “The Street of Crocodiles.”
Salesgirls - “The Street of Crocodiles”
The salesgirls are dominant notables in “The Street of Crocodiles”: “ The tall dark salesgirls, each with a flaw in her beauty( appropriately for that district of remaindered goods), came and went, stood in their doorways watching to see whether the business entrusted to the experienced care of the salesman had reached a suitable point.” The salesgirls, considering their designation, are influential in the vending of the ‘remaindered goods’. Their integral corporeal blemishes allude to the deceptive essence of the trade they facilitate.
The Salesman - “The Street of Crocodiles”
The salesman’s trends are wary: The narrator expounds, “The salesman simpered and pranced around like a transvestite. One wanted to lift up his receding chin or pinch his pale powered cheek as with a stealthy meaningful look he discreetly pointed to the trademark on the material, a trademark of transparent symbolism.” The gradation of purity of the transactions involving the salesman is truncated considering how demure he is.
Prostitutes - “The Street of Crocodiles”
Prostitutes are omnipresent in “The Street of Crocodiles”: “Showily dressed in long lace-trimmed gowns, prostitutes have begun to circulate, they might even be the wives of the hair dressed or restaurant bandleaders. They advance with a brisk rapacious step, each with some small flaw in her evil corrupted face.” The prostitutes are pointers of moral decadence. Their omnipresence and manifest deficiencies surmise that prostitution has been standardized.
The Narrator’s Father - “Cockroaches”
The narrator’s father in “Cockroaches” is departed; his passing is ascribed to peculiar cockroaches which galvanize his craziness.
Adela - “Cockroaches”
Adela upholds tidiness in the narrator’s home after the narrator’s father’s expiration. Adela apprises the narrator regarding the exhibitions of the cockroaches in his father’s lifecycle.
