Women Hollering Creek

The story I chose was “Women Hollering Creek” by Sandra Cisneros which tells a story of Cleofilas, a woman who tries to emulate the life she sees on television and on soap operas. She leaves her home in Mexico and marries a man who takes her to Texas. He works a low paying job and beats and cheats on her, even when she giving birth to their children. Cleofilas, comes to see this is not the life she wants to live. She is living isolated from her family with no friends or community to help her when she needs it the most. She comes to see that the soap operas she has grown to watch throughout her life, our actual lies and that life does not imitate art. She finally comes to conclusion that she must leave her husband because of the way he treats her and she longs to be back in Mexico with her father and family. She gets help from some kindly strangers who help her escape her abusive husband. She seems to marvel at one of the strangers that helps her, Felice, who drives a pickup truck that she pays for herself. She sees in Felice, what she wants, to have life of her own that is not dependent on a man. T
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I think there is strength in his Sandra Ciseneros’ words. She telling women everywhere that you can do it for yourself and that you don’t have to stay in a bad relationship. Felice, the stranger who helps Cleofilas, comes to symbolize the possibilities for all women. She is saying you don’t need to depend on anyone. As long as you have the drive and the motivation you can make it on your own. The central idea of Sandra Cisneros story is that women have to take control of their lives. Cleofilas became a supporting role in her own life. She did not have a voice and could not find it in the life she was living with her abusive husband. Once Cleofilas had discovered who she was and what she wanted she was able to move her life for herself and her children in a better direction. Cleofilas at the end becomes the leading role in her own