Essays on Woman Hollering Creek

Introduction

There are periods in life when it seems that it is impossible to go on, rise from ashes, or simply continue a journey. This time may be characterized as a dark hour, a gloomy dream, or a “the light vanished from our golden sun” (Wilde 25). It is challenging to encounter with the most difficult circumstances and to have strength to overcome them. Not everyone has an inner will and power to overcome the barriers and find a guiding threat again. However, literature presents the readers with the invaluable gift of experience, inspiration, and guidance, which helps to continue ...

The main character in Sandra Cisneros’ Woman Hollering Creek Cleofilas is a married Mexican woman who moves to Texas with her husband Juan Pedro. She is an inquisitive woman as is evidenced by her asking Trini the woman at the Laundromat why the creek behind her house is called La Grintona, something other people have not bothered to find out. She is also very aware of the current affairs as she notices the amount of violence against women that are being reported in the news. Cleofilas is also worried about what other people will think about her, especially when she ...

Introduction

This book is a collection of short stories, reflecting on the author’s experiences as influenced by the American culture. This was important to the author, especially because she was still familially bound to the influence of her Mexican heritage. The short stories in the book revolve around the social roles that women have in the society, and the relationships that women have with men and other women in the society. Most of the characters used in the books are stereotypical. The men as depicted in the book personify male machismo. On the other hand, women are shown as generally ...

It is a fact that American children spend up to 5000 hours watching television before they get to first grade (Tonn, 5). The impact of television viewing on the perceptions of these can, therefore, not be ignored since children are very impressionable and form an active audience (Sawyer, 3). The impressions are even more profound in their perceptions of love and life since children do not have another avenue to learn about them because their parents do not talk to them about these issues. The input of Disney movies is examined closely since they are specifically made with children in ...

1. Thesis Statement: Sandra Cisneros and Maxine Hong Kingston explore immigrant dynamics and the right of women to possess their own bodies in their stories Woman Hollering Creek and The No Name Woman by using a story common to both cultures; the woman who drowns herself and her child then come back to drown others. This ending can serve as a warning not to get pulled under, but to keep struggling against adversity. 2. Argument: Her No Name Woman is her father’s sister who killed herself and her newborn baby while the family lived in China. Her ...

1. Introduction In Woman Hollering Creek Sandra Cisneros reveals how the immigrant women can help define themselves by looking at old mythic stories. 2. Thesis Statement:

Sandra Cisneros comments on immigrant dynamics in her short story Woman Hollering Creek.

3, Argument: Sandra Cisneros first published Woman Hollering Creek in her collection of short stories, Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories. In it, she takes a hard look at the American Southwestern immigrant culture, and how the societal pressures increase level upon level with the greatest weight burden upon the women and children. Cleofilas Enriqueta DeLeon Hernandez believes in the princess myth and longs "passion in its purest crystalline essence. The ...