![]() ![]() ![]() The other role this labeling has is to set a contrast for the lack of labels between Molina and Valentin. ![]() ![]() This is further reflected in the warden’s willingness to use Molina as bait to draw Valentin’s comrades out, eventually leading to Molina’s death, again despite having professed to care for Molina’s wellbeing. Labeling the characters in this way formally defines their relationship, where, despite often very friendly and informal tones, Molina can never be anything more than a prisoner to the man who will always be defined in his role as warden. The labels themselves are important too, because the character names are not Molina and ‘Warden X’, but simply Prisoner and Warden. The warden’s interactions with Molina are notably different than Valentin’s, because each line is clearly labeled as if it were part of a script. There is really only one other form of exchange in the book aside from between Molina and Valentin, and that is between Molina and the Warden, who is offering Molina parole if he gets valuable information out of Valentin. But he never labels their lines nor indicates who is speaking, leaving the reader to track the dialogue on their own. He presents the entire story in the form of a dialogue between the two main characters, Valentin and Molina. In the novel Kiss of the Spider Woman, the author Manuel Puig presents us with a very unique way of reading the story. ![]()
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