Blood Wedding Journal 7

Lorca uses the youth in the play to contrast with the older characters, like the mother and father.  The youth of the play get along with everyone at the wedding, while the mother has to deal with the family that had killed her husband and son. This shows that the young people hold a certain amount of innocence with them. Although they're innocent and aren't directly connected to the rivalry between the mother and the Felix's, the youth can still get dragged into the older characters problems. For instance in act 1 when the mother is talking to her neighbor the name Leonardo Felix comes up.  When the mother hears this she freaks out even though Leonardo was a young boy when her husband and son were killed.  Leonardo gets dragged into the family rivalry even though he took no part in the event that started it.