In the book The meaning of Consuelo is about a young girl that is stuck in culture tyranny from her family. She was give the name Consuelo by her parents because she is supposed to look after her younger sister Mili. Consuelo’s name means to console and comfort. In the other hand Mili’s name meaning Milagros. Especially that Consuelo was the eldest sister that meant that she had to take good care of Mili and be a responsible girl. Consuelo grew up not questioning the things she did not really not understood. Until later on her Shadow Beast was leashed because she went through a lot of the struggles that challenged her throughout her life. Such as gender identity, culture tyranny and her adaptation to the U.S. The Myth of the Latin Women.
In Puerto Rico homosexual was something that was not well known and it was never accepted in the community. The only thing that was accepted there was heterosexual otherwise homosexual were outsiders; they were outcast from the people. Consuelo never knew anything about homosexual’s until she was introduced to Maria Sereno. Maria Serano was once a man named Mario Manuel Santiago Sereno until he decided to become a women. Consuelo later on found out what a fulano meant. “El fulano or la fulana; used to refer to the outsider, he or she never called by name”(Cofer, 3), which Consuelo’s community referred to Maria…show more content… Another example, would be her cousin Patricio. Patricio played with “dolls” which made him not a man. “By nearly grown muchacho playing dolls”(Cofer, 14). This shows how the actions of a young man can be different from a woman. Only because Patricio was playing with his puppets and cooking for himself made him less of a man. When Maria approached and admired Patricio’s flowers made the people think there was something going on with him and Patricio. That it meant something more and making his dad taking him away because they were afraid he might turn out to be like Maria
