1 7 . ▁He ▁thinks ▁constantly ▁of ▁Camil a ▁as ▁the ▁hope ▁of ▁seeing ▁her ▁again ▁is ▁the ▁" last ▁and ▁only ▁thing ▁that ▁remained ▁alive ▁in ▁him " ▁and ▁ultimately ▁dies ▁heart bro ken ▁when ▁he ▁is ▁f als ely ▁told ▁that ▁she ▁has ▁become ▁the ▁President ' s ▁mist ress . ▁ ▁Ep ilog ue ▁The ▁C athedral ▁Por ch ▁stands ▁in ▁ru ins ▁and ▁prisoners ▁who ▁have ▁been ▁released ▁are ▁quickly ▁replaced ▁by ▁other ▁un fortun ate ▁sou ls . ▁The ▁pu ppet - master , ▁Don ▁Benjamin , ▁has ▁been ▁reduced ▁to ▁mad ness ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁environment ▁of ▁terror ▁he ▁has ▁been ▁made ▁to ▁end ure . ▁Read ers ▁are ▁given ▁one ▁more ▁g limp se ▁of ▁the ▁mad den ing ▁state ▁of ▁life ▁under ▁a ▁dict ator ship . ▁The ▁ep ilog ue ▁con cludes ▁with ▁a ▁more ▁hope ful ▁tone , ▁which ▁is ▁seen ▁through ▁a ▁" m other ' s ▁voice ▁telling ▁her ▁ros ary " ▁which ▁con cludes ▁with ▁the ▁Ky rie ▁ele ison ; ▁the ▁call ▁for ▁the ▁" L ord ▁to ▁have ▁Mer cy ". ▁ ▁Char acters ▁ ▁Major ▁characters ▁ ▁The ▁President ▁The ▁fact ▁that ▁the ▁novel ' s ▁title ▁character , ▁the ▁President , ▁is ▁never ▁named ▁gives ▁him ▁a ▁myth ological ▁dimension , ▁rather ▁than ▁the ▁person ality ▁of ▁a ▁specific ▁Gu atem al an ▁dict ator . ▁Liter ary ▁scholar ▁Kevin ▁Ba uman ▁notes ▁that ▁readers ▁are ▁not ▁let ▁into ▁the ▁mind ▁of ▁the ▁President ; ▁instead