Hollering

Woman Hollering creek is a book of stories published in 1991 Sandra Cisneros. These stories talk about the experience she had being around American influences while still being around her Mexican heritage. Cisneros grew up north of the Mexico-US border. These stories focus on the social roles of women and their relationships. In her stories her characters are stereotypes. For example that men are macho and woman are weak. Cisneros talks about three clichés: the virgin, seductress and mother. The

Waiting for Freedom In the story "Woman Hollering Creek" Sandra Cisneros discusses the issues of living life as a married woman through a character named Cleofilas; a character who is married to a man who abuses her physically and mentally .Cisneros reveals the way the culture puts a difference between a male and a female, men above women. Cisneros has been famous about writing stories about the latino culture and how women are treated; she explain what they go through as a child, teen and when

these women come from the same place, as do the women who do not belong in either category. In Women Hollering Creek and Other stories, Sandra Cisneros gives a voice to these women. By showing Mexican and Mexican-American culture through an intimate and diverse scope, Cisneros highlights the oppression and degradation of women that is commonplace in this culture

matters.” A journey is not only moving from one point to another but is the process of getting to the destination. Journeys are in no way easy. Sacrifices are often made for the potential of a desirable outcome. Cleófilas in Sandra Cisneros’ “Woman Hollering Creek” and Rosa from Cynthia Ozick’s The Shawl both have emotionally and physically stressful journeys. Both protagonists transfer from their homelands to the United States in hope to escape their journeys, but they realize that they must face their

were written during the same time period, since they are both from different literary eras. The main concepts of gender roles, restrictions, and sexuality is thoroughly discussed throughout the short novels of “The Yellow Wall-Paper” and “Woman Hollering Creek.” Analysis of these short novels will be discussed, as important topics of gender roles and restrictions, as well as sexuality will be further explained and

A Marriage and Culture with Abuse. Cisneros’ story in “Woman Hollering Creek” illustrates the following themes: marriage, culture, and abuse. Marriage and culture are something that cannot ignore from society. Most marriages and cultures in the world deal with abuse as the story described. The abusive behavior of Juan Pedro to Cleofilas in their marriage and culture lead to their separation in marriage and Cleofilas's freedom. The scene takes place in a border of Mexico – a town where women are

ideals and their alternative outcomes of the short story “Woman Hollering Creek” by Sandra Cisneros. In this short story we have the protagonist by the name of Cleófilas whose father has agreed to let Juan Pedro Martínez Sánchez take his daughter for a bride. Cleófilas is a traditional Méxican women and her husband was from “the other side”, Texas. Juan Pedro Martínez Sánchez later becomes her abusive, unfaithful husband. “Woman Hollering Creek” recreates the representation of La Llorona except in this

“Woman Hollering Creek” As I was reading the Marriage unit assignments, I found I had a hard time relating to the readings as I am Asexual Aromatic and cannot relate to the relationships or many of the circumstances the authors wrote about. However, one story that really stood out which I could semi-relate to, was “Woman Hollering Creek” by Sandra Cisneros. The main character Cleófilas’s story has many similarities to my mother’s. While the story doesn’t directly relate to me, the parallel events

In the Woman Hollering Creek, Sandra Cisneros makes use of several short stories to expose the Mexican culture destined gender roles inequalities against women. From an utterly young age, most Mexican girls are endangered to take the household responsibilities as their core duty. Once they reach adolescence, they imperiled to think about marriage as the unrivaled way for them to leave their parent's support. I argue that the Mexican culture through the medium of tradition and media are assembling

telenovelas was not met when she found herself in an unsatisfying abusive relationship. Cisneros included this in her story to show how televisions have distorted people’s view of what life should be like that was previously discussed. In “Women Hollering Creek” if Cleófilas had not been so influenced by the telenovelas, it may have taken longer for her to realize how horrible her situation was. At the beginning of the story her father knew that one day she would “dream of returning” to her family