It is vital for any group in society to have a sense of community especially women, the main method men use to sustain the patriarchy is to divide and conquer by alienating women and making them competitors amongst each other. In the words of Audre Lorde “For the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house” (Lorde 335), women cannot use the tools of alienating to undo the idea of the patriarchy, so women need to stand together and dismantle the system of oppression. It is abnormal for screenwriters to write women standing alongside one another, and it is refreshing to see the writers of Maria Full of Grace write her as someone who watches out for the other female characters in the film. Maria’s main written concern throughout the
