Theses and Dissertations
Date of Award
12-1-2024
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Creative Writing
First Advisor
Jean Braithwaite
Second Advisor
Steven Schneider
Third Advisor
Britt Haraway
Abstract
Cries from the Arroyo is a fictional story told from the perspective of the main character Eztli Morales. Eztli derives from a lineage of cursed women, each marked by adversity and loss. The narrative flows between past and present. Her past in her college years, where she tries to escape her cursed legacy through education. While Enrique represents the promise of a normal life, Isandro offers a darker path to defy the Morales curse. The loss of her first pregnancy seems to settle her supernatural debt, but only feeds the generational pattern of suffering. The present revolves around the months leading up to her daughter’s birth which reveals a crueler twist in the curse’s design. The physical sacrifice of her first child is mirrored in her emotional deadness toward her living daughter. Each moment of failed maternal connection echoes not just her personal loss, but generations of Morales women who could not mother as they wished.
Recommended Citation
Perez, Samyra, "Cries from the Arroyo" (2024). Theses and Dissertations. 1619.
https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/etd/1619
Comments
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