Never Marry A Mexican Analysis
In Sandra Cisneros’s “Never Marry a Mexican,” the narrator, Clemencia, says “I’m amphibious. I’m a person who doesn’t belong to any class” (111). Although she speaks of economic classes, her amphibious nature applies to her love life as well. Constantly in extremes, Clemencia flip-flops between virgin and whore, the all or nothing of love and sex. Somewhere in Clemencia’s life, she decides she rather be the vamp than the wife. Her logic leads her one direction while her heart leads her another, creating a tug-o-war within herself. With Clemencia as a somewhat-unreliable narrator, a reader must stand back and look hard at what she says to see what influenced this war started within her, and how it spiraled out of control. In the beginning of
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She does not really fit in and explains that she doesn’t fit in the social economic classes: “I’m amphibious. I’m a person who doesn’t belong to any class” (111). She starts talking about her affair with a married man, Drew, and about how when his wife was giving birth they were making love in their bed. Cisneros gives the character power by feeling like she had control over the pregnancy and had a connection to the birthing. This makes her seem in control but she isn’t. She is just telling herself these things for her comfort. Cisneros makes Clemencia more powerful in this story; the last time that they meet to make love, she hides a lot of gummy bears around where only Drew’s wife would notice (118). She wants to break them up but her efforts are in vain. Just like any other affair the one who is cheating is only looking for a thrill, but does not want to lose his or her family if they would they could simply get a divorce. In the story Clemencia wants to believe that they can be together, and that they should be together. Later in the story Clemencia seduces her lovers’ teenage son. He was still a high school student, but that did not stop her from trying to make love to him. She wanted him to love her the way she loved his dad. In the end Clemencia seems to get over her love for her lover. She tries to bring comfort to herself by saying “Sometimes all
She does not really fit in and explains that she doesn’t fit in the social economic classes: “I’m amphibious. I’m a person who doesn’t belong to any class” (111). She starts talking about her affair with a married man, Drew, and about how when his wife was giving birth they were making love in their bed. Cisneros gives the character power by feeling like she had control over the pregnancy and had a connection to the birthing. This makes her seem in control but she isn’t. She is just telling herself these things for her comfort. Cisneros makes Clemencia more powerful in this story; the last time that they meet to make love, she hides a lot of gummy bears around where only Drew’s wife would notice (118). She wants to break them up but her efforts are in vain. Just like any other affair the one who is cheating is only looking for a thrill, but does not want to lose his or her family if they would they could simply get a divorce. In the story Clemencia wants to believe that they can be together, and that they should be together. Later in the story Clemencia seduces her lovers’ teenage son. He was still a high school student, but that did not stop her from trying to make love to him. She wanted him to love her the way she loved his dad. In the end Clemencia seems to get over her love for her lover. She tries to bring comfort to herself by saying “Sometimes all