Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ is a predominant figure in the Highland Maya Town because he is linked to the history of the ‘rum’, an alcoholic drink meant to empower the locals to serve God, bring harmony, and unify people. Initially, Jesus introduced chichi and purposed to bless it to have a powerful influence among his people. However, The Devil was trickier and intoxicated Jesus to bless the wrong rum.
The Devil
The Devil is the antagonist of the story who tries his level best to undermine the efforts of Jesus Christ to introduce a holy drink that purposes to make his people happy and unified. The Devil comes up with his drink and makes Jesus drink it. After drinking it, Jesus becomes drunk and blesses the wrong drink introduced by the Devil. As a result, instead of empowering people, the drink made men unproductive and useless members of society.
The Maya Town Women
The Maya Town women are described as revolutionists. Men in society became drunkards and useless because they could not provide for their families. The women took up the responsibility of providing for their families. Similarly, the negative effects of alcohol forced women to develop a rebellion against gender-based violence and equal treatment in society.
The Maya Town Men
The Maya Town men are depicted as drunkards who entirely rely on the cursed alcohol. The rum consumed by men is wrongly mistaken to be Jesus Christ’s blessed to empower people. Unfortunately, men drink and become ineffective and sterile.
The narrator
The narrator gives an account of the ancient believes on alcohol and its influence in the Highlands Maya Town.
