Estrella’s mother, Petra, was left a long time ago by her husband. It is her circumstances that the reader is asked to relate with most. Estrella learns from her father’s disappearance that men cannot be trusted or depended on, and that women will usually always be left to take care of the family. Just as Petra has been abandoned physically by Estrella's father, and mentally by Perfecto, Estrella soon will come to be abandoned by Alejo. The fact that Perfecto has not married her mother, furthers this idea of lack of commitment made by the men in her life. “The eucalyptus trees lined the dirt road like a row of thin dancing girls fanning their feathers. Estrella knows the world of men and women through her mother Petra and Perfecto, ‘the man who was not her father’" (3). Viramontes is sympathetic to the men in some ways, but she does emphasize that when the men abandon the family, the women are left to endure for themselves and their children. Estrella and Alejo’s relationship, serves as a major basis for the author's allegation in this idea of suffering. Alejo’s death represents how once again a female is left behind. Estrella is the heart and soul of the novel and her love for Alejo, was more important than Alejo…
“ El Hoyo “, by Mario Suarez , was a description essay . The author describes the city that he lives in as beautiful, amazing, and glorious. Although to everyone Tuscan is generally the same to Mario it was different. Mario’s use of descriptive words help you better understand downtown Tuscan. He mainly explains that where he lives is a hole: the area in which he lives in “drop a few feet” he says. He used vivid words to describe how much he loves he run down town of Tuscan. Mario uses imagery so the readers can visually see his descriptive details. He referred to the people of “EL Hoyo” as chicancas who raised complete hell. He still managed to describe his town as beautiful no matter how run down or bad the people were to him. Mario described “EL Hoyo “as where you go to hide from debt and bill collectors. Marion use of figurative language helps you get a batter understanding and view of the descriptive words he uses in his essay. Mario uses of description describes that “El Hoyo “will always have a special place in his heart.…
This novel is split into 4 parts, the first focuses exclusively on Mariam, the second and fourth parts focuses on Laila, and the third part switches focus between Mariam and Laila with each other chapter. This book is spanning from the 1960s to2003.…
Contrary to his belief or “version” of masculinity holding the key to his dreams, it was his genuine personality and gentle character that attracted his crush Blanca Saldivia. Blanca, a Pentecostal girl who was praised by all those who knew her due to the pureness and beauty she possessed, was captivated by Julio’s non-violent nature. It separated Chino from the rest of the young hooligans like his best friend or “pana” Sapo. His dream of…
The novel, however, did not only stand out by the creation of character, plot and morality but by the structure of the book itself. The gathered anecdotes act as a device in which Celaya and Cisneros uses to manipulate the audience into surrendering oneself into believing what's merely projected as a figment of imagination. The novel,“Caramelo, is neither a family memoir, nor an autobiography” as a it keep it fictional aspect on how“none of the events and none of the people are based on real life” and yet the glamorous and exotic adventure reveals an underlying revelation about society within a framework of a book (Salvucci 166). The novel outline itself with the principle of the diversion of in respect to time. The novel explicate if one would…
It tells the story of a beautiful woman named Maria, and how she was always getting the attention of various suitors. All this attention would often go to her head, causing her to be vain in nature. However, eventually she fell in love with a wealthy man, who to her dismay, was not interested in having children. In order to show her devotion to him, she led her children to a nearby river and drowned them both that night. Afterwards she explained what she had done to the children, the man became afraid of her, saying that he could never have anything to do with her.…
In the poem “Nighttime Fires” the speaker of the poem is remembering the speaker father’s wild obsession with burning houses at night and how the speaker had to go with the father to these burning houses with the family. The father is a casualty of the rough economy and this anger toward his bad luck is the reason he loves seeing these macabre scenes. The speaker in “Nighttime Fires” vividly illustrates the lasting impression that the fires and his father’s fascination with them, had on his childhood and the relationship with the father.…
Firstly, Molina uses the fantasy presented in the films he reiterates as a way to escape from the harsh reality of the real world, creating his own, more favourable one. This perspective can be seen throughout the novel, particularly in association with the strong romantic and feminine aspects displayed in the films. A film that allows Molina to escape the real world is told through his stream of consciousness in chapter five, which tells the love story between an unattractive maid and a young soldier, face scarred by the war. This film is very personal to Molina in two aspects. Firstly, it is told not aloud to Valentin, but inside his own head, and secondly, it features a protagonist who is an outcast to society who nonetheless finds love. It is told through the first person perspective of the maid, and the use of personal pronouns draw a connection between the characters of Molina and the maid. This parallel characterization is heightened through the maid’s casual and repeated reference to herself as an “ugly girl” (100), mimicking Molina’s expressions of self-deprecation through belittling diction. He is constantly using words like “revulsion” (260) and “disgust” (262) to describe himself with, and he even interjects the film to recount the judge’s…
As she is the only major female character within the film, De heer portrays the innocence that is embedded within Josefina, a character that does not belong in the town of El Idilio nor with the presence of the injudicious Mayor and his regulations placed upon her. De heer not only portrays the innocence of this female character, but through the fundamentally kind-hearted man Antonio Bolivar. Despite his past, Antonio wishes to live a life full of happiness and joy, living without regrets and staying out of trouble. He accomplishes this by Josefina’s love of literature, which affects Antonio convincing him into reading these love stories. Antonio’s love for these stories deepens, as it does with Josefina, symbolizing the happy ending he wishes to spend with her as it ends in every book he reads, “It was a kiss of impassioned intensity. A kiss to remember their lives by”. De heer shows that the influence of Josefina has led to courage and confidence in Antonio, making him believe in opportunities and doing things he once thought he could never do, further presenting Josefina as a character convincing Antonio to believe and…
fire” is used in the book to demonstrate that no matter how hungry, powerless, or tired the boy…
The violence of the novel begins with the death of Rosa the Beautiful, a symbol of perfection and innocence. Her accidental death is caused by a poisoned brandy intended for her father. She becomes a blameless victim and takes Severo’s place in death, a gesture so unjust it symbolizes the beginning of the family’s violent timeline. After her autopsy, her dead body is molested by Dr. Cuevas’ assistant, who paradoxically violates her with such an eerie tenderness, that it sends a shocked Clara, who witnesses the incident, into a nine year silence. “She stayed until the young man she had never seen before kissed Rosa on the lips, the neck, the breasts, and between her legs… she stayed until the assistant took her in his arms with the same tenderness with which he would have picked her up and carried her across the threshold of the house if she had been his eyes… Silence filled her utterly” (39.) Allende takes something as graphic as molestation and portrays it in a delicate way that questions ethics and the right or wrongness of human nature.…
Rulfo focuses on Paramo’s control over Susana’s life by attributing the possessive dialogue of “I wanted to have it all. Not just part of it, but everything there was to have…” to Paramo in reference to his relation with Susana, (Rulfo, 82). The repetition of phrase of wanting to “have” all or everything depicts Paramo’s internal desire to own Susana and be the sole subject of all her thoughts and feelings. By presenting this idea of possession in relation to the most intimate relationship developed in the novel, Rulfo illustrates how men in the Mexican society aim to control the lives and the hearts of the women through even their most caring actions. Rulfo’s message that men desire to own their love is further developed when Paramo refers to Susana as the “crowning achievement,” (Rulfo, 83). Since the word “crowning” is often associated with crowns that serve as symbols of power, the phrase “crowning achievement” classifies Paramo as the king and Susana as a trophy or prize in society. Rulfo’s connection between Susana as an inanimate object reinforces women as the symbols of subjugation that represent the loss of personal identity in…
He used imagery when he writes “It was an icy day”. this gives one a description of the temperature and makes them feel the lack of heat in their bones. The author uses a symbol, fire, to represent evil and revenge. Fire is often used to represent the dark and evil side in a character. The owner of the cat demolishes the pests that killed their beloved cat by setting fire to the fleas.…
Estrella Alfon was born in San Nicolas, Cebu City on March 27, 1917. She went to medical school to finish her medicinal studies but when she was misdiagnosed for having tuberculosis, she had to withdraw from her studies. She finished her education with a degree in Associate of Arts instead.…
* Rizal congratulated the young women of malolos for their exceptionally courageous behavior and delineated his ideas on the nature and role of Filipino women.…