Lieutenant Nun By Catalina De Erauso Analysis

In the book titled Lieutenant Nun by Catalina de Erauso, foreword by Marjorie Garber, she has compiled her memoir of her life after she ran away, dressed as a man, and bounded around from job to job, town to town, as she saw fit for the next twenty-six years. Her adventures across Spain and to the new world filled her life with many experiences. From working for her uncle, to becoming a keeper of records and sales, working with and even killing her own brother, as well as multiple arrests, street fights, and gambling games she participated in. While Catalina’s recount of her life is straightforward and to the point of her various encounters over a twenty-six-year period, the introduction by Michele Stepto is a little less so. While there are several things that she mentions in her introduction in reference to Catalina’s memoir that are expounded upon, there is one in particular that is atrociously ignored.
For instance, Michele mentions Catalina’s lenience and suggested sexual preference of women to men. She points this out by mentioning that, “…Catalina is fairly mum when it comes to her sexual preferences. Only once is she explicit about her ‘taste… for pretty faces.’” This, however, is not true in the …show more content…
While Catalina does not outright state that she prefers women over men, there are several instances that can lead a reader to believe that she has such preferences. Both the previous example with Diegos’ sister and the one that Michele Stepto provides, when Catalina is encountered by whores at the end of her memoir, are both explicit enough inclinations to hint to readers of her sexual preference of women over men. Not no mention the other hints that Catalina gives all throughout her