This quote from Sandra Cisneros’ “Woman Hollering Creek” embodies the false lessons that Cleófilas learned from watching telenovelas. She was blinded by her search for passionate love with a man she’s “waited her whole life for,” which hindered her acceptance that Juan Pedro Martinez Sanchez may not be this man. It is because of this quote that Cleófilas allowed her husband to abuse her without fighting back. She believed that, in order to have a love as passionate as Lucia Mendez on the telenovela, accepting pain and hardships was necessary. In the end, Cleófilas reached power and bliss. However, contrary to the above quote, it was not by enduring the abuse of her husband, but escaping both him and the romantic lies television taught her about
