"So Far From God"

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From the very first pages of "So Far From God" author Ana Castillo creates a place in which the female characters can choose to triumph over the men who try to hold them back. This paper also clearly details the plot and main characters in the novel as well as the author's unique use of imagery and spirituality.

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"Esperanza also gives herself up to the patriarchy in some ways, but she ultimately prevails over it as she wanders the earth, finally becoming the messenger that she wanted to be. After receiving her Master's degree in communications and landing a job at the local television station, Esperanza passes up a promotion to a larger market to rekindle a relationship with her ex. When that doesn't work out, she goes to an even better market, Washington D.C., where her dangerous assignment in the Middle East leads to her torture and murder. But it isn't Esperanza's fate to just be dead. She returns to the family as a spirit force, offering hope and comfort to her mother as she had once done for her."

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