Characters in the Parable In the parable, the reader is introduced to several characters. Everyone has their own behavioral characteristics that you may or may not approve of. The two characters whose behaviors I most approve of are Lee Pai and Hernando. The characters whose behaviors I don't approve of are Sven and John. There are several reasons why I approve of Lee Pai and Hernando's behaviors and do not approve of Sven and John's. I based all these reasons on my interpretation of the story, La Parable. La Parable is the story of Rosemary, a young woman engaged to a man named Hernando. Rosemary is supposed to meet Hernando for her upcoming wedding, but she is faced with a dilemma. In order to get to his wedding he has to cross a very deep and wide river full of crocodiles. Rosemary has no idea how to cross this river, so she decides to turn to people she knows for help. The first person he turns to is Sven because he owns a boat. Sven listens to Rosemary's problem and tells her that he will take her across the river if she spends the night with him. Rosemary, surprised and shocked to hear such an offer, refuses and turns to another acquaintance, Lee Pai, for help. Lee Pai tells Rosemary he's sorry but he can't help her. Not knowing what else she can do, Rosemary returns to Sven for help. She spends the night with him and the next day he takes her across the river. Rosemary and Hernando are finally together. The night before their wedding, Rosemary feels the need to tell Hernando what she had to do to cross the river. When she tells Hernando, he is very hurt and upset. He annuls the wedding and "banishes Rosemary as a dirty woman" (The Parable). Rosemary is very upset about this and turns to John (an acquaintance) for some comfort. After hearing her story, John tells Rosemary that, even though he doesn't love her, he will marry her. With this the story comes to an end. There are two characters in the story, The Parable, that I approve of. These two characters are Lee Pai and Hernando.