Conjunción lógica

Belicia or Beli, is the mother of Oscar and Lola. She grows up in Bani with La Inca. At thirteen, Bani gets a scholarship to El Redentor-- one of the best schools in the area. At El Redentor, she falls in love with a Jack Pujols who is described as “The school’s handsomest(read: whitest) boy, a haughty slender melnibone of pure European stock”(p.89). The narrator ackloweges that Jack’s single thing that makes him the handsomest boy at El Redentor is that he is white. Coinciding with Audre Lorde's idea that within our consciousness there is a “mythical norm” of a person being white, thin, male, young, heterosexual, christian, and financially secure, Jack fits this description perfectly. Although there is no indication of his religion, the reader knows that he is white, thin, male, young, and heterosexual right from the beginning. It isn’t revealed until Jack and Beli are caught that he comes from a very wealthy and respected family. The author places the class difference between Beli and Jack in the instance of them getting caught because their difference is what is frowned upon more than them having sex in the school. The narrator tells the reader to “factor in that he’d been caught not with one of his own class... but the scholarship girl, una prieta to boot.”(Daiz, 100). Una prieta translates to very dark skinned girl. It acknowledges hat Jack consists of this mythical norm, and it is a problem for him to be with somebody so opposite from himself. Beli being dominican,…

For Belisa Crepusculario are the words her trade. Words are her power that keeps her alive under the oppression and poverty of her land. “The Colonel” is the famous tyrann, feared for his horrible actions in the civil - war. However, the Colonel wants a change and needs the right words to be able to campaign for president. Belisa Crepusculario is violently brought in to help the Colonel and as he pays her for her services, she gives him two words. Two words that are only his and his to keep. The…

Belisa Crepusculario, a woman who manages to become successful and powerful in her society, just by knowing her way with words. She travels around the country and sells her knowledges of the language to any individual who might be in the need of words and she preaches stories that has been told to her to anyone listening. People are astonished by her wisdom and the power her words have. A well known warlord searches for Belisa for advice on how to make a presidential speech, and walks away a…