When we had group discussions last week , my group was assigned to Patria.
Patria starts her chapter by saying " From the beginning ...." which is a biblical phrase. She also mentions something about a pearl of great price which we took to be significant of faith/god and the love for everything that lives. The story about her changing her sisters diaper with her own to me signifys her mothering nature.
My timeline of Patria starts in 1938 when she goes to the convent . Then it moves up hill to 1940 when she struggles with if she wants to be a nun or not. She is struggling with her sexuality and feels guilty about having sexual desires. The top of the hill is when she meets her husband. This is like the medium for her because it is the place right between her sexual desires and god. She meets him on holy thursday when she is watching his feet, and he is like jesus to her . Then it goes in a downward slope when she has two children and is becoming further and further from god. The valley of the hill I labeled as when she lost her 3rd child. This was the lowest of the low. Then the hill starts to go back up when she regains her faith , when the virgin mary speaks to her on her pilgrimage.
*sorry the blog is late, i live in schwartz hall and i was without internet until today . *
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