Almost every woman's dream is to marry a handsome, loving, and caring man to live a life of happiness and success with. That is the how most television shows depict life as. In reality life isn't always what it seems to be as on television. That is clearly shown in the protagonist in Sandra Cisneros's "Woman Hollering Creek." Cleofilas" dream of romance and happiness was destroyed in the face of poverty, alcoholism, and abuse. The story " is an extraordinary example of a text that considers the shifting terrains of power" (Brady).She learns that nothing in life is guaranteed, but the trials and tribulations along the way are there for a reason. The hardships that she experienced influenced her to be a strong and independent woman.
Cleofilas idolized the favorite telenovelas, You or No One, and the way of life portray with the characters in the show. Watching that so much gives her the image of an ideal life. Her fantasies encourage her to try to live out her own life like that when she dyes her hair like Lucia Mendez. The show itself symbolizes the life Cleofilas thought she was going to have with Juan. "to suffer for love is good. The pain all sweet somehow. In the end" (400). But in the end she saw life isn't always like how it is on television. It is not necessarily perfect and predictable. She had her hardships ahead of her to guide her for her new life to come.
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Abuse was a negative sanction that made Cleofilas a stronger woman. What is ironic is how she "had always said she would strike back if a man, any man, were to strike her" (401). She claimed she would do something, but when she was finally in someone else's shoes she realized she didn't react how she thought she would. She needed to consider leaving him the first time, but that wasn't enough to make her leave. That's probably why she stayed and endured more from him because she really did love him and thought that he might change.
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The Discovery That Went Totally Wrong What seems like a good idea may not be so great after all. There's always a small chance that something might go wrong. What Dr. ... This goes to show that ambition isnt always a good thing, especially when Jekyll's life had been lost due to it. ... Hyde has no sense of what's right and wrong. ...
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Across the water was Daisy, a goal that Gatsby was constantly searching for but it was always just out of reach; it was in the past. ... He is not able to distinguish what is real and what truly is an illusion. ... I love you now v/s isnt that enough?" ... She wants and needs to know what she will be doing with her life. ... The West egg residents on the other hand, from what we know, seem to live to the American Dream and therefore hold purpose to their lives. ...
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There is always an experience in which we all carry with us and never let go of. ... Unfortunately, the Holocaust is an experience that most people can never seem to move past, some suffering more than others. ... Trust isnt considered to be of any value, reason being that people have no choice but to turn their backs on each other, due to the circumstances during the war. ... Stella saw what this letter was, she could see from the envelope. . . . ," (38-39). ... Rosa is so set in the past that she is confused of what is reality and what is fantasy, hindering her from moving on with her life. ...
