Guests

The 'Guests' represent an amorphous social obligation within Abuela Alma's performative household. Their presence demands the illusion of familial perfection, compelling Abuela Alma to suppress visible fractures in the Madrigal family. While unnamed and unspecified, they embody the external scrutiny that forces the family to maintain appearances despite private crises. Their role is purely functional—a catalyst for Abuela Alma's insistence on outward unity at the cost of authenticity.