In the story "Woman Hollering Creek" by Sandra Cisneros, Cleofilas compliments Felice on how she is an independent woman. Cleofilas loved how Felice took care of herself, how she paid for her own stuff and was responsible for everything she owned. "Felice was like no woman she'd ever met"(Cisneros paragraph 82).
Cleofilas envied Felice because of how well-off she was. Women in the Mexican culture don't usually have a vehical of their own. The women stay home and take care of the house, but Felice drove a truck, a truck of her own. While, Cleofilas basically had to beg her husband to buy food.
Cleofilas moves from Mexico to Texas with her husband she hardly knows. They have a little boy together and their relationship begans to fall apart when her husbands starts to abuse her. She cannot get away now. She doesn't speak english so Cleofilas feels hopeless and trapped. A woman that is abused by her husband is seen as a weak person, and that is exactly what she doesn't want to be seen as.
Cleofilas then can't handle the stress and pain any longer. With the help of her friend Felice and she escapes back to Mexico to be with her family she left behind, and away from her abusive husband. Without the help of her independent friend she would be lost and weak.
Felice was an independent woman that needed nothing and no body but her own strength. Felice had things that Cleofilas once had but lost with her marriage. Strength, happiness, love, and respect.
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