... reputation of virtue was of great value. The third and final motive Dr. Whitbourne states that the strongest motivator for revenge is betrayal. A motive that Elizabeth was all too familiar with in her life-time. Betrayal is noted as the strongest motivator because of the level of emotional attachment that is represented in injuring the victim. Meaning the feelings of love, trust, and stability that the victim felt ... towards their wrongdoer. Dr. Whitbourne noted when "love becomes hate," the desire for revenge becomes exponentially increased. Betrayal seemed to have been the underlying...

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... family as a support system. Zastrow & Kirst-Ashman (2004) explains, "Hispanic people generally place great value on maintaining the original two-parent family and its intensive involvement with the extended family" (p.160). No matter how much they fought, Papi always came back; there was a sense of obligation for him. Mami also never left him entirely she always found her way back to ... 261). She had a close relationship with her mother and began to understand how awful men can treat women. In the middle of the book while she was being called "casi senorita", she kept wondering what tha...

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