Only Daughter By Sandra Cisneros

“Only Daughter” by Sandra Cisneros is about a daughter who felt ignored by her family. Sandra has six brothers and is a writer. She was always left out when the brothers played and her father would accidently tell people he had all sons. The setting of the story was where ever they were living at the time. The family would live in Chicago but when money ran low they would move to Mexico City and then move to Chicago again. Most of the story takes place in Chicago when she goes home for Christmas. While Sandra was writing this story she had her father in mind. She was trying to impress him. Also, I believe that this story was written for everyone who she felt was like her father. Sandra wrote “My father represents, then, the public …show more content…
She was sad because she always felt alone. Sandra also got upset when her father referred to her as a son when talking to other people. However, Sandra would get angry when her father would only introduce her as a daughter instead of a published author. She wanted him to be a part of her writing. Sandra wrote “I wanted my father to understand what it was I was scribbling, to introduce me as "My only daughter, the writer." Not as "This is my only daughter. She teaches." Es maestra - teacher. Not even profesora. (para. ).” Her father affected her tone but at the end of the story Sandra’s tone became happy. Her father had never been proud of her writing but when he read the story translated in Spanish he enjoyed it. It made Sandra’s day to hear her father say “Where can we get more copies of this for the relatives? (Sandra para. …show more content…
I believe she wrote this story to encourage others to do what they believe in no matter who or what gets in their way. Sandra’s main obstacle was her father. The father may have not purposefully been hurting his daughter, but she constantly felt she was not living up to his expectations. She went to college, but did not get married. Her dad told her the education was a waste. However, the oldest son went to medical school and the father was super proud. Also, Sandra was not paid attention to; the father never even asked her what she was writing. Sandra also had to overcome her brothers. Her brothers were always noticed but Sandra was just hidden in the back ground. Her brothers hung out and left Sandra out and her father used the sons to convince people he needed money. Lastly, Sandra had to overcome gender stereotyping. Her family believed that daughters were for getting married, and college should be used to find an educated husband. In the end Sandra proved that if you do not let obstacles get in the way you can achieve anything, even getting your father to enjoy a story that you