Woman Hollering Creek (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Sandra Cisneros
- First Published: 1991
- Type of Work: Short fiction
- Type of Plot: Social
- Time of Work: The 1910’s-the 1980’s
- Setting: The borderlands of the United States and Mexico
- 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
Characters Discussed
Lucy Anguiano (ahn-gee-AH- noh), a lively, dark-skinned Texas girl. She inspires the young female protagonist and narrator in “My Lucy Friend Who Smells Like Corn” to depict their experiences of growing up. Lucy’s voice joins those of the narrator and others, re- creating a childhood world full of smells, sounds, and colors. Lucy and her many sisters fulfill the narrator’s desire to experience intimate sisterhood and true friendship.
Salvador, a boy in “Salvador Late or Early” who experiences poverty and the hardships of life at an early...
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