This wonderfully written story by Sandra Cisneros details the life of Cleofilas, the main character. Cleofilas deals with several problems during her childhood and continuing on into her marriage. The story never describes any significant relationship with her mother and the negative effects of this can be clearly seen throughout Cisneros' piece of work. Cleofilas instead turns to the television, particularly the telenovelas, for a female role model in her life. After Cleofilas was married, her husband became terribly abusive towards her. Because Cleofilas had no real female role model in her life, she did not know any better and allowed herself to remain in an abusive relationship.
All papers and essays are for research and reference purposes only!
Copyright 2002-2009
Direct Essays , LLC. All Rights Reserved. DMCA Webmasters make $$$$