El Derecho De Nacer Analysis

During this time period, controversial/realistic issues became more prominent. Some of these issues included abortion, rape, substance abuse and premarital sex. For that matter, audiences were captivated by telenovelas that dealt with one or more of these issues. Audiences were able to relate to the choices and consequences the characters experience. For instance, El Derecho de Nacer (The Right to Be Born) was the first novela to win best telenovela of the year and as the title may give away the moral of the story, abortion was the main theme. The novela begins at a doctor’s office where a young women is debating whether or not to have an abortion after her boyfriend had left her. The doctor answers her question by recounting the story of the Del Junco family. …show more content…
This novela touched upon the delicate subject of teen pregnancy, drug abuse and rape. As the titles gives it away as well, both female characters are fifteen and the story switches to the perspective of both the teenagers and their mothers. This theme of loss of innocence furthered influenced the audience to feel more sympathy towards the characters. Taking into account that the telenovela was written for a teenager/young adult audience, the moral of the story is to demonstrate young women that the passage to womanhood is not as glamorous as what it is usually portrayed in film.

This segment also touches upon life lessons of loss, revenge and the danger of family secrets. As these novelas take upon a realistic approach so are the endings.The telenovela, Amor en Silencio (Loving in Silence), became a classic for its notable and unexpected ending when both main characters get killed by the antagonist on their wedding day. Although these unexpected endings are not seen frequently in these types of novelas, the characters in most novelas in this stage at the end are not living their fantasy