of the identity of Rocio, the protagonist. Rocio, by trying to find her identity, seems to break all the traditional boundaries set for a seventeen year old, Hispanic girls. Rocio is not the typical girl. She is created as an individual who is willing to fight society to discover who she really is. There is a “universality of womanhood” in Rocio. Rocio does what many women aspire to do-search for her true identity.All in all, I think I agreed with Rivera’s insights to the novel. She expressed her ideas in a coherent manner. There is one weakness that I saw throughout Rivera’s review of Chavez: Rivera failed to sufficiently support some of her ideas. Rivera’s review was very useful in uncovering many of the hidden ideas throughout the novel. She brought up many of the important points needed to be discussed. ...
