Her marriage was not sanctified in a community church, and true to expectations, Domingo leaves Sofi soon afterward. But this is not viewed in the narrative construct or in Sofi's own eyes as a judgment by the divine of her bad decision-making. Conventional religion within the narrative frequently fails to save even worthy people, like the pious Felicia. The need for God is a palpable presence within the narrative on a popular level, but God promises no reward for moral behavior.
Later on, in Chapter 6, the reader will see the young Domingo through Sofi's eyes, although the reader knows what he will become. However, Sofi's life is never a tale of virtue rewarded or foolishness punished, and she always reacts to adverse circumstances with humor and empowering choices, as she decides to run for mayor, at one point, in flagrant opposition to her community's standards once again, just as she chose her husband against the advice of her family.
The sense that anything can happen is conveyed from the first moment of the novel when the dead infant La Loca speaks from her coffin after she is apparently resurrected. Loca refuses to marry for the rest of her life because of her hatred of people, and does not allow anyone to become close to her except Sofi. She dies at the end of the novel, but not because of any anticipated reason, rather she passes away from AIDS, a strange, seemingly impossible occurrence given her complete aversion to being touched by people at all. Moreover, despite some promising starts in life, Sofi's other daughters all meet with unhappiness in their romantic relationships....
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Exegetical Analysis: Exodus 13:1-14:31 In the first fifteen chapters of the book of Exodus, "Yahweh is seen as beginning to fulfill the patriarchal promise by means of redeeming Abraham's seed out of Egypt" (Beale, 1984, p. 130). The divine name YHWH, emphasizing God as one who effects and controls reality is highly significant in the context of these chapters. Through the revelation of His YHWH name, God demonstrates His authority, power,
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