Woman as a Victim
Clemencia can be consider as a victim of society since she is portrayed in a form where she doesn’t belong to the Chicano culture or the Anglo culture. She might also be consider a victim of Drew since he uses her only to please himself, but never plans to take her seriously enough to leave his wife and marry her. Aside from been a victim she also has power over the men that are involved with her since in the case of Drew’s son she told him to have him and let him be born. She also has control over Drew since she can recreate him from memory and make him be seen as she wants him to be seen. She also had control over the other men that had been with her since she retains them by her side when their wives are giving birth which is a very important moment on a couple’s life. In the story Clemencia is called Malinalli, Malinche by Drew which is also another aspect of how she was a victim as the Malinche by being rejected by her own kind. A similarity between both of them is that Clemencia was also a translator and both of them were used in a way to satisfy the needs of others, in this case men.
