Waiting for FreedomIn the story "Woman Hollering Creek", Sandra Cisneros discusses the problems of life as a married woman through a character named Cleofilas; a character married to a man who abuses her physically and mentally. Cisneros reveals how culture differentiates between a man and a woman, men above women. Cisneros is famous for writing stories about Latino culture and how women are treated; she explains what they experience when they are children, adolescents and when they get married; still dominated by men because of the way the culture has been adapted. “Woman Hollering Creek” is one of the best examples. A character who grows up without a mother and who has no one to guide her and give her advice about life. In an audio interview conducted by Don Swain, Cisneros explains how she got the title for the story "The Creek," she says "is a real place," she explains, she wanted the title to be in Spanish but she was not authorized to do so; the reason, she explained, was that she was a Mexican. “The cove called La Gretna recalls the folk tale of La Lorona, an unnamed tragic woman who drowned with her children” (Mullen 1). Cisneros creates the character from a background that explains why she doesn't know what the reality of life is; she comes from a family of six brothers and a father and no mother, a family dominated by men. Jeff Thomas, in the article "What is Called Heaven" says: "The union of gender and gender-based ideologies is essential to the strong, feminine characters of the later Woman Hollering Creek stories. » (l) What Thomas means is that Cisnores focuses more on the gender issues, discriminations and conflicts in this story rather than the love story and lifestyle. Although Cleofilas finds a way to learn her feminine attributes, through television series, she imagines her ideal life through television series which she watches religiously. Cisneros created a great example. In third world countries, communication outside of a city or country is very difficult, so Cisneros used telenovelas as the only tool to allow Cleofilas to see how life can sometimes be. She doesn't know that being beaten by her husband is not a normal thing. She lives in the suburbs with her husband and neighbors who, in their own way, are also trapped. Cisneros also shows what life can be like for Cleofilas when a mother is not present to guide the heir. Once again, Cleofilas' only guide is the television series..