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Women Hollering Creek

The Hidden Story of a Battered Woman
In describing "," Sandra Cisneros uses hidden examples to show the pain, anguish, and despair a battered woman feels. The misleading images of the passions people have on the telenovas show us a glimpse of the life Cleofila wishes to lead. The constant fascination Cleofila has of the arroyo, which legend says is haunted by women who lived tragic lives. This fascination shows us the longing she has to yell out and tell us her pain, as did the woman in the creek did. Symbolism also takes a role in showing the despair that is portrayed in the evaluations Cleofila is making of the neighbor ladies, and taking notice that Felice, who helps set her free, is ...

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to see the life Cleofila wishes to have. When we are in pain, or are hurting we don't like to show it, because of our human nature we try to cover up our pain. An example of this is when the author is describing the telenovas, "But passion in its purest crystalline essence. The kind the books and songs and telenovelas describe when one finds, finally, the great love of one's life, and does whatever one can, must do, at whatever the cost (168)". Is this what Cleofila has? We as readers can see that she does not have this "passion." But Cleofila who is blinded by her own pain thinks that this is love. She has this image of love and passion as being no-matter-what, you must always love because that is the most important thing. Cleofila tells us this when she says," This is the man I have waited my whole life for…She has to remind herself why she loves him (171)". How awful it must be to always compare your love for your husband to that of a soap opera.
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Added: 5/16/2007 01:38:03 AM
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