So far from God by Ana Castillo (1993), begins its story by immediately immersing the reader in the complete drama typical of a Spanish soap opera describing the lives of five Hispanic women. The eldest daughter, Esperanza, wants to make a name for herself and achieves this by leaving Tome. Fe wants a normal life which she can never have in Sofia's house. Caridad is a simple soul who would have been content with her high school sweetheart if he hadn't cheated on her. The youngest daughter, La Loca Santa, died at the age of three and was resurrected to pray for the people. Finally, Sofia proves herself to be the strongest woman in the novel by taking a stand for what she believes is right. Castillo uses Sofia and her four daughters to express his negative and distrustful view of patriarchy and the oppression of women across class, gender, and sexuality. Castillo first shows the reader his distrust of patriarchy and its vertical structures through the death of La Loca Santa. The first structure examined here is the Catholic Church. After La Loca wakes up, she throws herself into the air and lands on top of the church, saying that those below her carry the same smell she had smelled in hell. With Loca above the others, she can be seen as a “substation” for a new Chicana Christ figure (Delgadillo 895). She tells those gathered below that she has been sent back to pray for them that they might see their Creator in heaven. Father Jerome begs her to come down so that the congregation can pray for her. She then reminds him that it was she who was sent to pray for them. With La Loca in the position of a Christ figure of the system, the structure of the system, in this case religion,...... middle of paper ......Far from God. New York: WW Norton & Company, Inc., 1993. Print. Christopher, Renny. "A state of courage and wisdom... Not uncontrollable participation in society: Ana Castillo's novel about feminist and working-class resistance." A class apart: re-envisioning American working-class fiction. (2008): 189-200. Print.Delgadillo, Theresa. “Forms of Chicana Feminist Resistance: Hybrid Spirituality in Ana Castillo’s So Far From God.” » Studies in modern fiction. 44.4 (1998): 888-914. Delgadillo, Therese. “Forms of Chicana Feminist Resistance: Hybrid Spirituality in Ana Castillo’s So Far From God.” » Studies in modern fiction. 44.4 (1998): 888-914. .Rodriguez, Ralph. "Chicana/o Fiction of resistance to protest: the role of creation in Si far de Dieu by Ana Castillo." MELUS. 25.2 (2000): 63-87. Print.