How Does Maria Develop

So Maria can get away from

Through the course of this story, it was a huge misunderstanding by Maria that Nemecia had killed their grandfather and hurt her own mother. However, Maria is not to blame for this misconception

Maria is a religious mother of six who throughout the book she is very close minded and unwilling to change her plans or way of life no matter the influence. Maria is a member of the Luna, a family of religious farmers and as such she wants Antonio to become the next educated priest to guide the Luna in the future. She finds comfort in the steady life of farming and finds her husband 's ideals to be idiotic and unrealistic. When arguing about their land, Gabriel sees it as a symbol of freedom but Maria says in retort “It is worthless! Look

As Maria’s story unfolds, so does her conflict. Her conflict changes from man vs man to man vs self (external to internal). Soto says, “But an ill feeling stirred inside her. She felt awful about arguing with her father. She felt bad for her mother and two brothers, who would have to spend the next three hours in the car with him.

Which, of course she accepts without much intensive thought. In this new line of work, Maria travels to America, experiencing horrors that change her life, and new found realities that determine her future.

And my family goes too." (Page 2) I had expect Maria to soften and feel bad for her father who worked hard and wanted to take a break to spend time with his family, yet she just walked away. But slowly during the time that her family left her alone she started to feel bad for arguing with her father and that the turned into worry. "She felt bad for her mother and two brothers that would have to spend the next three hours in the car with him. Maybe he would do something crazy , like crash the car on purpose to get back at her..." (Page 4) she then worried more and more, I believe that she was regretting not going with them. Finally, when Maria had thought " How dare they have so much fun? While she worried herself sick about then,they splashes in the waves, stayed at great America until nightfall, and eaten at all kinds of restaurants. They even went shopping for fall school clothes." (Page 8) The reason why Maria is upset, I believe, is that she wanted to have fun with her family, I think she wanted to be here with her family more than worrying about her family. She listed a bunch of very fun things and "How dare they have so much

The relationship between Mariam and Laila grows overtime into an unbreakable love. Mariam is a vulnerable character that experienced hardships and negativity throughout her life. Her reliance on faith and religion gave her hope. Laila however, has had a positive upbringing from modern parents. Her education is what made her a strong and intelligent girl. Their personalities contrast to bring the best out of each other. However at first, in fear of being overshadowed by Laila, Mariam says “If [Laila] thinks [she] can use [her] looks to get rid of me, [she is] wrong. [Mariam] was here first. [She] won't be thrown out” (225). As Mariam has never been a priority to anyone in her life she was very defensive over her role in the house. As jealousy embarked upon Mariam,

Being left alone in Lima, "the Marquesa's life grew to be more and more inward . . . she secretly refused to believe that anyone (herself excepted) loved anyone" (pg.16). She loved her daughter not for her daughter's sake, but for her own; "she wanted to hear her daughter say: 'You are the best of all possible mothers.' She longed to hear her whisper: 'Forgive me' "(pg. 16). Thornton Wilder describes Doña María as a very lonely and inward person, she believes that she is the only one in the world who loves and wants to be loved. The "bridge" of love with her daughter broke when Doña Clara was a young girl. Now Doña María is an isolated lonely woman who dreams of being loved by her daughter.

Maria is fifteen years old. Her mother reports that Maria has been performing poorly in school and has withdrawn from her family. This began after her transition to secondary school. Her performance further deteriorated when she began second year. Maria stopped participating in a number of her occupations including hockey, playing the piano, the girl guides, shopping with friends and going to the cinema. She now prefers to stay on the computer of listening to music.

The narrator states that “it was [Maria] who did away with my generation’s virginity” (65). Garcia Marquez uses a hyperbole to portray how crucial Maria Cervantes’s contradictory role is in the men’s lives. She embraces her sexuality and is very open. In addition she also “taught [the men] much more than [they] should have learned, but she taught us above all that there’s no place in life sadder than an empty bed” (65). She reinforces the idea that sexuality should not be repressed because that would only bring on loneliness and despair. She recognizes the “disorder of love” that the townspeople live with because of repressed sexuality. The narrator describes Santiago Nasar’s passionate relationship with Maria Cervantes. He describes their relationship like “a falcon who chases a warlike crane” and that the falcon can only “hope for a life of pain” (65). The author uses a metaphor to compare Maria to a warlike crane in order to show her power and grace. The crane is a bird that stands tall and may look elegant and enticing but because Maria is “a warlike crane” she is able to stand up and fight for herself while still maintaining her grace. Another aspect of her independence would be that she stands alone in her battle against society. Garcia Marquez gives her these headstrong qualities to show how she follows her own path and goes against the town’s beliefs without showing any signs of stopping and to show that

The film begins by showing Maria in an open and beautiful field. This gives her inspiration and a sense of adventure (based upon the images that images she sees). She works at an abbey and is continuing to face a number of difficulties. This is because Maria has the reputation for being mischievous and not following the practices of the nuns.

When Maria was wondering why the South African men were scared of them, it was clear how sheltered and brainwashed she was. It was then that she realized how unexposed she was and began to become more involved in the efforts to make a change.

WHY…?? TELL ME WHY? MARIA WHAT’S WRONG WITH YOU

Attracted by Maria’s value, her significance and beauty, men take over her when they get power. In Maria’s life, this circumstance continually

      Maria was the last of five children. Her oldest sister died of Typhus, one sister became a teacher and a brother and a sister both became physicians. Her family was not very rich, but education was