This line shows how Clemencia still may have feelings for Drew and is beginning to show some of her jealousy and anger that is expressed later in the story.Īs the story continues, you really start to see how Clemencia is as a person by her proving what she has said about herself in the beginning of the story. This simple sentence bothered Clemencia greatly to the point where when she got home, that moment and that one sentence is all she could think about, “All I could hear throbbing under the washcloth in that deep part behind my eyes: This is Megan” (Cisneros 80). Drew approached her and said hello and introduced his new wife and said the words “Ah Clemencia! This is Megan” (Cisneros 79). But later in the story years after she had already stopped seeing Drew she was at an art gallery one day when she ran into Drew and his new wife. This is a moment which starts to show some more of her personal feelings towards this man. You said I was beautiful, and when you said it, Drew, I was” (Cisneros 74). Clemencia states, “My skin was dark against yours. She reminisces on times they had together. Drew was someone who she had hooked up with and seemed to have feelings for as well. Midway through the story Clemencia speaks about a man named Drew. As you can see, the statistics compared between men and women are nearly the same with the percentage of men who have committed some form of infidelity being only 3% higher than women. The statistics show “Percentage of women who admit to committing infidelity in any relationship they’ve had is 54%” (Statistic Brain). While the percentage for men may seem very high the statistics for women are not much different from the men’s. This statistic shows how over half of the men who were asked this question have already committed infidelity or have cheated on their significant other. Statistics show “Percentage of men who admit to committing infidelity in any relationship they’ve had is 57%” (Statistic Brain). Infidelity and cheating is a topic everyone knows about and many people have dealt with before. As the story goes on Clemencia does a similar thing as her mother where she sees a man while his wife is in the hospital giving birth to his child. Clemencia states her mother doing this is something that she cannot forgive. Their relationship later leads to infidelity as her mother begins to see another man from her work as her father was sick in the hospital. Her father being born in Mexico and her mother being of Mexican descent as well but American born. Clemencia goes on to explain how her mother married young and how different her parent’s upbringings were from each other. The story starts off by Clemencia remembering a time where her mother told her to “Never marry a Mexican” (Cisneros 68). The story “Never Marry a Mexican” by Sandra Cisneros is a short story that is told by a woman named Clemencia.
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