Ana Castillo’s So Far from God is a selection of Chicana feminist movement which is based on the struggle of woman not having a role in society, but rather than only having a male-domination society which “her roles are typically in the home and she is isolated from and ignorant to the world surrounding her” (Chicana Feminism). This book illustrates feminism in many different ways as the culture in this book is surrounded by a male-domination society. Castillo portrays this concept of the different stereotypes that society thinks about Mexican women such as gender and sexuality roles. These roles play major points in this book as each of the characters struggle with these concepts and having to recover from them in different ways. We see how
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Fe, is supposed to be a stereotype of a Mexican woman who gets married and becomes a stay at home mom who just does that and nothing else and will only depend on her husband. Fe, has a nervous breakdown because her fiancée Tom has left her because he’s not ready to get married. Sofia, which is Fe’s mother, went to talk to Tom’s mother as to try get Fe to stop screaming. Tom’s mother tries to convince Sofia that it’s not his fault because she’s “got a son who’s got susto” (Castillo 30). “I don’t know why he changed his mind about marrying her. I keep out of my son’s business. Just be glad he left your daughter when he did. You know how men are…”, the last remark emphasis on patriarchy by how men are the only ones to make decisions instead of women having no say in the choices that are being made. It portrays how men will make the choice instead of not caring about the woman’s feelings which in this case, Fe had lost all her hope because of Tom. When she was attached to a man, it caused nothing but heartbreak and devastation that she then gives up on her herself. This reveals the operations of patriarchy where men hold the power against women. Everything seems to be evolving around men since the characters only come into …show more content…
Caridad had married with her high school sweetheart, Memo, until she found out he’s been cheating on her with his ex-girlfriend. “You could bet that Caridad was making it in a pickup off a dark road with some guy who name the next day would be as meaningless to her as yesterday’s headlines”, Caridad relied on guys to ease her broken heart to get her mind off of her three abortions and her failed marriage (Castillo 27). She went through a lot of pain as her ex husband Memo didn’t seem to care about Caridad’s pregnancies since it was implied that she didn’t want to be a single mom. Caridad was rejected by her own community because of her one night stands with strangers because in this society, it was a male-dominated society where women weren’t supposed to have one night stands, rather “females were expected to have only one sexual partner, none before or outside of marriage” (Machismo Sexual Identity). Men were the only ones who could do this which even made their reputation “extramarital affairs are the primary way in which males prove their masculinity” (Machismo Sexual Identity). So for Caridad to do it, it was considered as taboo in this male-dominated society. Caridad had “came home one night as mangles as a stray cat, having been left for dead by the side of the road” which we therefore conclude that she had been raped (Castillo 33). The police department doesn’t seem to do
Fe, is supposed to be a stereotype of a Mexican woman who gets married and becomes a stay at home mom who just does that and nothing else and will only depend on her husband. Fe, has a nervous breakdown because her fiancée Tom has left her because he’s not ready to get married. Sofia, which is Fe’s mother, went to talk to Tom’s mother as to try get Fe to stop screaming. Tom’s mother tries to convince Sofia that it’s not his fault because she’s “got a son who’s got susto” (Castillo 30). “I don’t know why he changed his mind about marrying her. I keep out of my son’s business. Just be glad he left your daughter when he did. You know how men are…”, the last remark emphasis on patriarchy by how men are the only ones to make decisions instead of women having no say in the choices that are being made. It portrays how men will make the choice instead of not caring about the woman’s feelings which in this case, Fe had lost all her hope because of Tom. When she was attached to a man, it caused nothing but heartbreak and devastation that she then gives up on her herself. This reveals the operations of patriarchy where men hold the power against women. Everything seems to be evolving around men since the characters only come into …show more content…
Caridad had married with her high school sweetheart, Memo, until she found out he’s been cheating on her with his ex-girlfriend. “You could bet that Caridad was making it in a pickup off a dark road with some guy who name the next day would be as meaningless to her as yesterday’s headlines”, Caridad relied on guys to ease her broken heart to get her mind off of her three abortions and her failed marriage (Castillo 27). She went through a lot of pain as her ex husband Memo didn’t seem to care about Caridad’s pregnancies since it was implied that she didn’t want to be a single mom. Caridad was rejected by her own community because of her one night stands with strangers because in this society, it was a male-dominated society where women weren’t supposed to have one night stands, rather “females were expected to have only one sexual partner, none before or outside of marriage” (Machismo Sexual Identity). Men were the only ones who could do this which even made their reputation “extramarital affairs are the primary way in which males prove their masculinity” (Machismo Sexual Identity). So for Caridad to do it, it was considered as taboo in this male-dominated society. Caridad had “came home one night as mangles as a stray cat, having been left for dead by the side of the road” which we therefore conclude that she had been raped (Castillo 33). The police department doesn’t seem to do