Daniel makes the conscious decision to help Marisita, a pilgrim he loves, (I’ll talk about her later) and he runs away so he won’t bring darkness to his family.īeatriz: The thing she wants is to devote time to understand why the butterfly is similar to a galaxy. The thing Daniel wanted was to help someone he was not allowed to but he feared this desire would ruin his family like it ruined his family when his father tried to help a pilgrim. My copodcaster and I concluded that Daniel was a hell child because he was angry about the death of his parents and he didn’t want the responsibility of sainthood so if he was a bad person, he wouldn’t have to become the saint. This is a real painting with a historical significance and I think this painting awakened Daniel to fulfill his higher purpose which is to become the saint. (This is the only time the title in mentioned in the book so here’s the significance of the title). He physically couldn’t lift the painting any longer and found the dedication to all the crooked saints on the back. Before they are completely engulfed, Daniel is chopped out of his mother’s womb.ĭaniel was a hellian until he tried to steal The Holy Child of Atocha painting. They turn into wood (not quite sure the significance of wood and if you have an idea, please share). As I stated in the spoiler-free review, Crooked Saints is full of symbolism and themes so I’ll discuss spoilers through my interpretation but please be aware that I could be wrong.ĭaniel: Daniel’s parents died while accidentally helping a pilgrim.

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