What Is The Relationship Between Sandra And Her Father

The opposing language factor of Sandra and her father was constantly present in their relationship. Although Sandra is fluent in Spanish, she would mainly speak and write in English, whereas her father is only capable of speaking Spanish. Most of the time, Sandra wishes her father did speak English so that he could possibly take some interest in her writing while also being able to understand the language that it is written in. Once Sandra begins to realize her love for writing she states, "I wanted my father to understand what I was scribbling" (Cisneros, pg 49). Ever since she began writing Sandra always longed for her father to support and approve of this hobby like she did. She felt that if her father could fully understand what she was …show more content…
As a result of this, they have both formed their own unique beliefs and values according to the type of culture that they were raised in, this factor caused them to clash because Sandra 's outlook is completely different from her father 's. When Sandra mentions the idea of College to her father she states, "What I didn 't realize was that my father thought college was good for girls ----- for finding a husband" (Cisneros pg. 48). The fact that Sandra 's father had this belief of College, suggests that he still has an traditional approach when it comes to his outlook on life. Her father is still stuck in this belief from his Mexican culture that women who are Sandra 's age are only destined to find a husband and start a family. Sandra 's father may have been raised to view women this way because he saw his Mexican mothers and sisters live their lives in this traditional style. Therefore, he has only been exposed to this type of sexist opinion that suggests women don 't have any importance except when it comes to being a dutiful wife. In contrast to that belief, Sandra was raised with some modern day American values that are outside of her Mexican heritage. Sandra 's cultural values suggest a less sexist approach to the idea of women attending College. Sandra understands that College is an equal learning opportunity for any gender to further their education, specifically she looks at College as a place to learn more about her passion for writing and to help her pursue a well paid career at some point in the future. Despite what her father may have believed, Sandra knows that she has more to offer to the world other than finding a husband, this is why her father 's views and her beliefs always clashed. In order for Sandra and her father 's relationship to personally grow more mutual he needed to learn how to