Jay Bhakta

Eng 103
Cerritos College
Post 2

Only Daughter- Influence
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In Sandra Cisneros' Only Daughter, Cisneros shares her life experiences to show her character was influence by the family she was raised by. Being the only daughter in a mexican family of six sons impacted her perspective of life as a hispanic women. The cultural rules and the ancient traditions caused her father to raise her a certain way. These facts are reality for many others as well. We are raised by our parents from the moment of birth. We absorb their actions, words, attitudes, and behaviors towards various aspects of life. Unable to really think for ourselves for a short span of our lives leaves us vulnerable resulting in the mimicing of the actions around us. After, we reach a turning point in our lives- young adulthood, and just as Cisneros had done in her life, we find our own views and opinions. What we want to happen then would be to have our parents except our views, and to respect them. We probably cause our family a good amount of stress due to these different and often conflicting views. However, when we all land on common ground, it would be the most wonderful feeeling.