Response to #1 of Reflection and Writing

I think the cuentos in Cofer's memoir are particually womens stories becuase the men might think differently about what the womens stories are saying. The men wouldn't want to hear that they are stealing womens hearts and then leaving. I think that there is always two sides of the story and the part the women were telling is different from the one the men would tell. I think the equvilent of the womens stories in this to mens stories would be the guys talking about the women and that they just needed to go make their fortune and make money so they could come back and start a life with the girl they want to marry. Also i think that the men would say when they left to go make their fortune they found someone else so that would be a reason they wouldnt come back. I think that the person who would tell the stories on the mens part would be a great grandfather or grandfather because the grandmother is telling the stories on the womens side. The elders in the family know more about everything, and about the past of their culture and background so they would be more likely to tell the cuentos.