Woman Hollering Creek (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Sandra Cisneros
- First Published: 1991
- Type of Work: Short story
- Genres: Social realism, Short fiction
- Subjects: Children, Husbands, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Wives, Abused persons, Murder or homicide, Twentieth century, Escapes, Marriage, Poverty or poor people, Alcoholism or alcoholics, Domestic violence, Substance abuse, Violence, Women, Small-town life, Mexican Americans, Southwest, Tragedy, Catholics or Catholic Church, Mexico or Mexicans, Central America or Central Americans, Latin America or Latin Americans, Texas
- Locales: Mexico, Texas
In “Woman Hollering Creek,” Cisneros describes the experiences of an ideal Mexican wife, Cleófilas. Having grown up with her father, six brothers, and no mother, Cleófilas learns how to be a woman by watching telenovelas on television. She learns to expect that passion will fill her life. This passion will be the great love of her life, which will give it direction and meaning, so that “one does whatever one can, must do, at whatever the cost.” This, she believes, is how life should be, “because to suffer for love is good. The pain all sweet somehow. In the end.”...
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