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The main theme of the story is that despite relationships with friends and fiancees might come to an end, your family will never abandon you.

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"I am your father, I will never abandon you. He said that, hadn't he, when he hugged and let her go." (227, Cisneros)

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"I am your father, I will never abandon you. He said that, hadn't he, when he hugged and let her go." (227, Cisneros)

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This quote shows that her father cares a lot for her and explicitly said that he will never abandon her, meaning that their relation will never end

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"This poor lady's got black-and-blue marks all over. I'm not kidding. From her husband. Who else? Another one of those brides from across the border. And her family's all in Mexico." (227, Cisneros)

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"This poor lady's got black-and-blue marks all over. I'm not kidding. From her husband. Who else? Another one of those brides from across the border. And her family's all in Mexico." (227, Cisneros)

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On this quote we can observe that even though her husband, someone that should help her, is beating her, and because she is away from her family, she can't get help from them

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On the start of the story, the author says "Across her father's threshold, over several miles of dirt road and several miles of paved, over one border and beyond to a town en El otro lado - on the other side -". That makes clear that she is in a new country and probably is experiencing a whole new life with the new husband and the new country

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Many times in the short story, Cleófilas' father said "I will never abandon you.". I believe that the reason for this repetition would be to try to communicate the theme of the story.

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The author mentions La Llorona and makes a connection between both La Llorona and Woman Hollering Creek. Both of them had a marriage based on looks and money, and both women got abused in a way from their husband.