In the short story “Woman Hollering Creek,” Sandra Cisneros describes the life of Cleofilas, who grows up in a male dominated household with no mother, just her father and six brothers. Cleofilas learns how to be a woman through watching telenovelas. They teach her how to dress, how to look, and how to love. She believes that, like the telenovelas, she would grow up to find great love and passion. Cleofilas married Juan Pedro Martinez, and soon after realized love is nothing like her telenovelas. The couple moved to Seguin, Texas and the abuse started when they were just newly wed. I chose this passage because it demonstrates the difficulty for domestic violence victims to find help and escape an abusive relationship. In Texas, Cleofilas is
