“But what Cleofilas has been waiting for, he has whispered and sighed and giggled, he has been anticipating since he was old enough to lean against the windows of gauze and butterflies and lace , it's passion. With a father, six brothers and no mother mentioned, the heroine appears to have had no maternal hand to guide her in the ways and responsibilities of a woman, mother and wife. As a result, she quickly marries without the benefit of a long courtship and moves with her new husband from Mexico across the river to Texas, dreaming of romance, beautiful things, and a wonderful life. Both stories tell of women doing what is expected of them, but the Chinese woman definitely did not dream of happiness and romance, while Cleophila looked at her world through colored roses