The kind of love the women try to exemplify in Caramelo is Mexican love. Mexican love to them is all about loyalty and looking the part of a good wife in the public eye. The way Cisneros describes it is as follows: “she suffered the way only Mexican women can suffer, because she loved the way Mexicans love” (185). This quote is about Narciso and Soledad, and Soledad is suffering because she is staying with Narciso even though she is suspicious he has been cheating, which we, the readers know he is. This relates to colonial violence, in that Spain colonized Mexico and created a rape and patriarchal love culture. Narciso takes advantage of this, and takes advantage of Soledad by deceiving her, cheating on her, and then lying to her about cheating. He’s able to do this because he knows he has power and
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Cisneros writes about Soledad screaming at Narciso’s wedding, “Narcisooooooo!!! The ‘o’ of a train whistle. The longing in a coyote’s howl” (250). This quote shows how she is exemplifying Mexican love by trying to put on a show for the visitors at the funeral. It’s almost as if she is being over dramatic and putting on a show for the crowd. There is language in this quote that we have seen before. First off, the train. In the quote about the Mexican soldier, he built train tracks to his lovers house so he could see her whenever he wanted. So in this case, it seems like Soledad is trying to will her voice to sound like a train whistle that will take her to her lover on the other side. Second off, the coyote, which relates to the Reyes saying “We are not dogs.” I think this part of the quote is saying that even though Narciso treated her like a dog while they together, now that he is gone, Soledad is howling, longing for his company. Narciso treated Soledad like a dog by thinking less of her for being half indigenous, which relates to colonial violence once
Cisneros writes about Soledad screaming at Narciso’s wedding, “Narcisooooooo!!! The ‘o’ of a train whistle. The longing in a coyote’s howl” (250). This quote shows how she is exemplifying Mexican love by trying to put on a show for the visitors at the funeral. It’s almost as if she is being over dramatic and putting on a show for the crowd. There is language in this quote that we have seen before. First off, the train. In the quote about the Mexican soldier, he built train tracks to his lovers house so he could see her whenever he wanted. So in this case, it seems like Soledad is trying to will her voice to sound like a train whistle that will take her to her lover on the other side. Second off, the coyote, which relates to the Reyes saying “We are not dogs.” I think this part of the quote is saying that even though Narciso treated her like a dog while they together, now that he is gone, Soledad is howling, longing for his company. Narciso treated Soledad like a dog by thinking less of her for being half indigenous, which relates to colonial violence once