In the story "Woman Hollering Creek" Cleofilas (the main character) is faced with many challenges. She married an abusive husband, Juan. The town that she lives has almost nothing to do, adding to her misfortune. She thought her life would be like one of the telenovas that she always watched, it turned out that she was very wrong. In her little piece of hell she meets Felice, who eventually saves her. Felice was a strange women to her "Felice was like no woman she'd ever met." (605). I believe this was a compliment because she is the opposite of Cleofilas, something she needed to be.
Cleofilas was stuck in this relationship that ended up being a terrible one. She was stuck at home until her husband got home and beat her. Felice is the one person that helps her, the one person that would actually do something for her.
Cleofilas was amazed by just about everything Felice was "Everything about this woman, this Felice, amazed Cleofilas. The fact that she drove a pickup." (604). She couldn't understand how this woman could talk the way she did, how she could drive a pickup, or how she pay for the truck herself. I think she was more amazed that she was the one to help her, this lady that was so unlike her.
Felice was an independent person that could hold her own "The pickup was hers. She herself had chosen it. She was paying for it." (604). Cleofilas was so astonished by the fact that she was so independent, that she had no husband, payed her own bills, and had her own truck, a truck, not something that she thought a woman would have.
So in conclusion I believe that when she said that Felice was like no woman she'd ever met, she meant it as a compliment, because she is the opposite of herself and, even though she is strange to her, Cleofilas knows that some of the attributes of Felice is something she needs to learn.
Cleofilas was stuck in this relationship that ended up being a terrible one. She was stuck at home until her husband got home and beat her. Felice is the one person that helps her, the one person that would actually do something for her.
Cleofilas was amazed by just about everything Felice was "Everything about this woman, this Felice, amazed Cleofilas. The fact that she drove a pickup." (604). She couldn't understand how this woman could talk the way she did, how she could drive a pickup, or how she pay for the truck herself. I think she was more amazed that she was the one to help her, this lady that was so unlike her.
Felice was an independent person that could hold her own "The pickup was hers. She herself had chosen it. She was paying for it." (604). Cleofilas was so astonished by the fact that she was so independent, that she had no husband, payed her own bills, and had her own truck, a truck, not something that she thought a woman would have.
So in conclusion I believe that when she said that Felice was like no woman she'd ever met, she meant it as a compliment, because she is the opposite of herself and, even though she is strange to her, Cleofilas knows that some of the attributes of Felice is something she needs to learn.
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