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Summary Of Juan De Pareja
I, Juan De Pareja The book Juan De Pareja takes place in the renaissance. When the main character, Juan, a young slave’s masters die, he is inherited by their nephew. Juan is taken to him by Carmelo. On their journey Carmelo takes Juan to a gypsy camp and is forced to steal food. Juan is beaten and ignored by Carmelo. After a while, Juan escapes Carmelo, and starts working for a baker in the city. The deal is that Juan can stay if he takes care of the baker’s sick son. Juan does this, and decides to move on after the son gets better.
After a long, grueling journey, Juan get’s to Diego Velázquez’s home (the nephew). Juan feels better here, Velázquez is a kind master to him. Juan helps Velázquez make his paints and stretch his canvases. Juan travels with Velázquez to different …show more content…
Velázquez wants Juan to stay with him and be his assistant, and Juan does. Because he is freed, he asks if he can marry Lolis. With her consent, they get married and stay together in the Velázquez’s home. Eventually, Velázquez gets sick and dies. Juan and Lolis leave their home to try to find a new place to live. Juan goes to Bartolomé’s home and is invited to stay and paint with him.

Juan enjoyed living with his first masters. They treated him well and he liked learning to write from them. But, he disliked how they dressed him up in funny costumes, he wanted someone to treat him like a person. This is exactly what Velázquez did for him.
Juan was very religious. Whenever he’d practice his secret paintings, he’d go to the church and ask for forgiveness. I think he had hope throughout the story, when he was being abused by Carmelo or when he was helping the master get better.
Diego Velázquez was a quiet character. He didn’t talk often, mostly just to his family or Juan. He seemed to concentrate very hard on his paintings. When he made a mistake, he started over. This shows that he may have been critical of his
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