One Theme & Symbol

One Theme & Symbol:

In the story "Never Marry a Mexican" there are many themes and symbols.

One symbol in the story is America. In the story, Clemencia's mother tells Clemencia to marry an "Americanized person" because she wants the best for her daughter and doesn't want her to go down the same road as her. Clemenica's mother was born in America but married a Mexican. In the story, Clemencia's father, was raised with into a very proud Mexican family. His mother was ridiculed on Clemencia's mother American ways. 

One Theme in the story is relationships. In the story it explains how relationships are and what happens. In the beginning of the story, Clemencia's mother explains her relationship with her husband to her daughter hoping she doesn't take the same road as she does. During the story, Clemencia's mother tells her to marry an "Americanized person, someone who offers freedom". Clemencia does takes her mother however, she marries no one. She says " never marry. Not any man." Later on in the story, she says that she believes that all men cheat. Clemencia in the story has affairs with married white men  to prove that all men cheat on their women.