Luis Alberto Urrea's, "The Hummingbird's Daughter", accounts the life of Teresa, a bastard child who's independence guides her through out her life. Teresa's father, as detailed by the title, was adulterous man. Wealthy and powerful, he was able to utilize women at his pleasure; meaning that he had children spread out in the a small village in Mexico, where the novel takes place. Teresa's mother dies at her young age,and she develops a relationship with the curandera, Spanish for a witch. Becoming her adopted mother, she instruct Teresa to be resistant to the temptations of men and their pretended dominance over women. Teresa grows up with an empty sentiment towards life, as she views the violence and reality that she confronts; complicating her survival in a society of machismo and women inferiority.
This book was easily readable, and I was able to feel a connection through the novel, due to my Mexican roots
Why would Teresa's relationship with men, stand as contrary to the cycle of the idea of the hummingbird and the flowers?
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