Sandra Cisneros Woman's Hollering Creek
Bobbi Locklear
09/05/13
Explication Essay
An Explication of Cisneros’s “Woman Hollering Creek”
In Sandra Cisneros’s short story “Woman’s Hollering Creek,” the main character is a young Mexican girl; who is experiencing, for the first time, what she believes to be love. However after getting married and leaving her “town of dust and despair,” (Cisneros 1592) she soon realizes that she took her home for granted. Cisneros includes multiple spots in her story to show Cleofilas’s transfer from a sheltered princess to finally having her eyes opened to reality.
In the beginning of the story, Cisneros tells us that Cleofilas, the main character, longs for “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 cost,” (Cisneros 1588). Cleofilas begins her journey of a newlywed life full of hope and love, and because of this she is constantly making excuses for her husband’s actions. The first time she does this occurs even before the wedding. On page 1589, Cleofilas talks about her wedding dress plans and how she wants to travel …show more content…
She believes that as long as she is a good wife and does what is expected of her, she will obtain her happily ever after. But by entering into a marriage where neither partner truly knows each other better than anyone else in the world, it is only to be expected when Cleofilas’s husband begins abusing her for logical reason. The first time he hits her, she could not respond because she was in shock. In response, she only consoled her husband by rubbing his head as he cried “tears of repentance and shame” (Cisneros 1590). Still clouded by her fantasyland of romance novels and soap operas, Cleofilas holds onto hope for true love and a happy
09/05/13
Explication Essay
An Explication of Cisneros’s “Woman Hollering Creek”
In Sandra Cisneros’s short story “Woman’s Hollering Creek,” the main character is a young Mexican girl; who is experiencing, for the first time, what she believes to be love. However after getting married and leaving her “town of dust and despair,” (Cisneros 1592) she soon realizes that she took her home for granted. Cisneros includes multiple spots in her story to show Cleofilas’s transfer from a sheltered princess to finally having her eyes opened to reality.
In the beginning of the story, Cisneros tells us that Cleofilas, the main character, longs for “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 cost,” (Cisneros 1588). Cleofilas begins her journey of a newlywed life full of hope and love, and because of this she is constantly making excuses for her husband’s actions. The first time she does this occurs even before the wedding. On page 1589, Cleofilas talks about her wedding dress plans and how she wants to travel …show more content…
She believes that as long as she is a good wife and does what is expected of her, she will obtain her happily ever after. But by entering into a marriage where neither partner truly knows each other better than anyone else in the world, it is only to be expected when Cleofilas’s husband begins abusing her for logical reason. The first time he hits her, she could not respond because she was in shock. In response, she only consoled her husband by rubbing his head as he cried “tears of repentance and shame” (Cisneros 1590). Still clouded by her fantasyland of romance novels and soap operas, Cleofilas holds onto hope for true love and a happy