I really, really don't think that Facundo is "the man", contrary to what some people were saying in class today. The description of him is very eery and intimidating. His rage was like a wild beast, he has thick and dark hair, black and fiery eyes which are shadowed by big black eyebrows! His gloomy and dark physical appearence symbolizes his vicious and mysterious interior. Facundo had a rebellious spirit and felt as though he needed to rule, but he would turn down a place in the army if he was offered one because he is too impatient to wait for a promotion to the leader.
Proof of his "evil nature, bad education, and fierce and bloody instincts" (pg 82) :
He kills people just for the sake of killing people. He is very harsh, revengul and irritated with civil authority. He is always ordering men to be lashed for pretty much no reason and he killed the spaniards who released him from jail. Also, he apparently tore off the ears of the woman he was going to marry, and violently beat a lady he tried to get involved with.
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I completely agree with you, Tessie. Facundo isn't really someone you can call "the man" because he isn't really someone you can admire and idolize. But, I think what people were trying to say in class was that Facundo did what he wanted, when he wanted and that he was "the man" because he was a rebel.
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