Sor Juan Ines De La Cruz Essay
Ryan Lorenc
Paper #1
02/18/13
Sor Juan Inés de la Cruz Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz lived a life without fear regarding the social criticisms of her writing and she wrote to influence change regarding the educational stereotypes made by the men of her era. Sor Juana worked diligently to educate herself continuously throughout her life in order to reach a level of sophistication that no man could contest. The educational life of Sor Juana started at the age of three in 1651, when she convinced her sister’s professor to teach her how to read. From that day forward, she continued striving to educate herself further. She did so by reading books out of her grandfather’s library until she had finally read them all. Sor Juana was born in San Miguel Mepantla, Mexico in 1648. She was born into a Catholic family during a time where the education of women was next to non-existent; therefore, her passion to learn was not socially accepted. Sor Juana was raised partially by her mother but predominately by her …show more content…
Sor Juana never intended this letter to be published. She sent this letter to one of her long time good friends Bishop of Puebla, who took it into his own hands and published the letter behind Sor Juana’s back. Her criticism of the church predominantly attacked the fact that the church persisted in only educating males. After this event Sor Juana was asked to stop writing and reading, and be more of a traditional, reverent nun, which lead her to respond to these comments with more letters in 1691. In her following letters she defended herself by writing about the culture of the Mexican women, and how totally one-sided and biased the educational system was, which was counterproductive and that all people should have the right to an
Paper #1
02/18/13
Sor Juan Inés de la Cruz Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz lived a life without fear regarding the social criticisms of her writing and she wrote to influence change regarding the educational stereotypes made by the men of her era. Sor Juana worked diligently to educate herself continuously throughout her life in order to reach a level of sophistication that no man could contest. The educational life of Sor Juana started at the age of three in 1651, when she convinced her sister’s professor to teach her how to read. From that day forward, she continued striving to educate herself further. She did so by reading books out of her grandfather’s library until she had finally read them all. Sor Juana was born in San Miguel Mepantla, Mexico in 1648. She was born into a Catholic family during a time where the education of women was next to non-existent; therefore, her passion to learn was not socially accepted. Sor Juana was raised partially by her mother but predominately by her …show more content…
Sor Juana never intended this letter to be published. She sent this letter to one of her long time good friends Bishop of Puebla, who took it into his own hands and published the letter behind Sor Juana’s back. Her criticism of the church predominantly attacked the fact that the church persisted in only educating males. After this event Sor Juana was asked to stop writing and reading, and be more of a traditional, reverent nun, which lead her to respond to these comments with more letters in 1691. In her following letters she defended herself by writing about the culture of the Mexican women, and how totally one-sided and biased the educational system was, which was counterproductive and that all people should have the right to an