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Quote #10
I will make it right. You have to let me.
She shook her head. You dont understand.
What dont I understand?
I didnt know that [my father] would stop loving me. I didnt know he could. Now I know. (3545-8)
As Alfonsa predicted, Alejandra's rebellious ideals confront the sheer power of entrenched prejudice surrounding propriety for women: after going against these rules, her own father now doesn't love her anymore. Three cheers for repression.