The biggest piece of Rafaela’s identity is her lust for a prince charming: someone who will come and take her away. She sits on her windowsill wishing she could go to the bar around the corner and find a different man; however, because she is trapped by her marriage, she can’t. Rafaela drinks her juice and wishes it is sweeter. She sits in her room, wishing it was less lonely. She waits by the window and waits and wishes, “[leaning] out the window and [leaning] on her elbow and dreams” (79). Rafaela is not content with what has happened to her; however, she is doing nothing to change it. Instead she is looking out the window, much like Esperanza’s grandma, waiting for someone else. Rafaela wants things to change, but she isn’t willing to change them herself. Instead, Rafaela has made herself
The biggest piece of Rafaela’s identity is her lust for a prince charming: someone who will come and take her away. She sits on her windowsill wishing she could go to the bar around the corner and find a different man; however, because she is trapped by her marriage, she can’t. Rafaela drinks her juice and wishes it is sweeter. She sits in her room, wishing it was less lonely. She waits by the window and waits and wishes, “[leaning] out the window and [leaning] on her elbow and dreams” (79). Rafaela is not content with what has happened to her; however, she is doing nothing to change it. Instead she is looking out the window, much like Esperanza’s grandma, waiting for someone else. Rafaela wants things to change, but she isn’t willing to change them herself. Instead, Rafaela has made herself