Women Hollering Creek – A Challenging and Magnificent Educational Work
abril 5, 2007
The thing that I like the most about education is the fact that you really become a different person through learning. I have had many classes that I have enjoyed because of all the things that I have learned. This class is one of them. Most of the works that we have read have been interesting and challenging, because of the depth and the symbolism that we have encountered.
The greatest thing about One Holy Night is the way that Sandra Cisneros deals with imagery and symbolism to educate women. Her writing technique is challenging for the reader, she presents us all these strange multicultural symbols that force you to look deeply into them to be able to understand her work.
Without a doubt the most important thing about this book is her noble intention, to try to shape an excellent moral character for women is a very nice action. Also, because she wants to help women by educating and warning them about the way that they can be hurt by bad or deceiving men, who should not be called men (we should have a different type of category for these type of men, may be a trash category?).
“Without a doubt the most important thing about this book is her noble intention, to try to shape an excellent moral character for women is a very nice action.”
I don’t see how Cisneros tries to shape the morality of her female characters. They are victims and rebels, and Cisneros explores their lives, but I don’t see a moralizing agenda directed to them specifically. I’m curious to see where you go with this.
“Nadie escarmienta en cabeza ajena” Independientemente de que Cisneros en cierta forma trate de advertir a las mujeres mediante sus historias de lo “poco hombre” que un hombre puede llegar a ser, yo creo que no existe forma de hacerle entender a alguien lo que esta bien o mal. Cada quien tiene que vivir sus propias experiencias. Además no ahí que olvidar que no toda mujer tiene que correr con la misma suerte que las protagonistas de estas historias.
The character that Cisneros wants to shape is not any of the characters in the book. Those characters are already shaped. Cisneros wants to shape the reader’s character. The stories from the book can help prevent some women from falling preys to the evil of some bad men. Aunque como lo dice Elsa, “aunque Cisneros trate de advertir a las mujeres”, la decisión final la tiene solamente la mujer.
That is why Cisneros intention is a nice one and a noble one, because she is attempting to help a problem that has been present for a long time. We don’t know exactly why many women put up with so much abuse from men, but we know that if we could help them change their ideology or character, they could be able to get away from it. So, trying to get to their heads to change their mentality, and to make them realize that they are beautiful, powerful and in control is very nice for their self steem, since many of them don’t think they are, but they do.
The world would be so much better if we all were willing to help the ones on need.
Most remarkably is the fact that Cisneros is not only talking about men as evil, she is also talking about men in a way where they sound and look like irresistible. Because that way we can see that she is not stereotyping, she knows that not all men are the same.
I agree with having a trash category, it isn’t fair to label these guys in the story as men. It’d be like calling all women the B word, because of that one girl/woman who was horrid.
That is one of the many points that Cisneros makes too. She presents many different types of icons as being different, which also helps to send the message that we all are not the same. She shows us that we can either be good, bad, ugly or beautiful (with our actions), if we want it. And that we have the choice to make of our lives whatever we want them to be.