Summary Of Maria La Loca

Cofer recalls a story Mamà would retell several times, “Maria La Loca”. This story in particular was a real life event, which Mamà would alter sometimes to catch the attention of the women. The fact that she would tell stories about such issues, as those of women being left by men before the wedding, reveals not only her motherly figure, but her stance in the feminine oppression. Mamà used the term “macho”, which immediately made me think of “machismo”, or the masculine pride. Through storytelling, Mamà was passing along not only knowledge but also strength; strength to not be blind to reality and to not be able to “close one’s eyes completely again”. Because although majority of the women back then did not have access to an equal education