What function do the telelnovelas play in the Woman Hollering Creek?
Cleofilas is a woman from Mexico who grew up her watching telenovelas while she was still with her parents. She grew up fantasizing her own life would be similar to the ones she watched. When she is in the States she is married with a kid and spends a lot of time alone. She doesnt have the luxury of a television set anymore so she often goes to her neighbors house to enjoy this taste of fantasy she used to lose herself in. At this point it is the only escape she has from her painful life with her husband who doesnt seem to treat her with much respect. The telenovelas give her a little bit of hope for the future and for the lack of love in her current relationship. She is able to live vicariously through the telenovelas
