Hypatía Belicia Cabral Research Paper

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Hypatía Belicia Cabral, the Walking Volcano

Hypatía Belicia Cabral “the child of Apocalypse” (Diaz 251) was nice to look at, but was not easy to predict what danger she could cause when getting too close. Belicia had the body that could turn every man on when they looked at, but nobody knew inside that body was an active volcano waiting to erupt. Belicia looked so luxurious but nobody knew she had an extreme unhappy childhood. Belicia was conceived during the time that her father, Abelard Cabral, was under the pressure that Trujillo the sex maniac dictator would utilize his power to rape and destroy his golden daughter, Jackie. Belicia’s mother was furious, hopeless, and under a lot of stress during her pregnancy. Belicia was born while
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She was born bulimic and frail, did not have much time with her mother, was barely touched by her sisters, and never met her father. Besides that, she never had any emotional bond or childhood attachment, which was an essential requirement for personality development and the ability to build a long lasting relationship. “Hitting the biochemical jackpot” (Diaz 91), Belicia realized that the modification of her body was an advantage phenomenon, so she utilized it to lure Jack, who had the look, the rich family support, and the admirer from all the female student in school, by exposing her gigantic breast in his vision. Being with Jack demonstrated her victory and fulfilled her need to be in love, and vice versa Jack picked her to satisfy his lust. Their relationship did not last long before they were caught “in flagrante delicto in a broom closet” (Diaz 100). As a result, their relationship was terminated and she was expelled from school. Belicia was not ashamed nor regretted for what she had done. She continued her journey to hunt for attention and love and involved in another sexual

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