A division of gender roles is deeply rooted in the social archetypes. In the past, the patriarchy was a dominant family model. Through the ages men have been considered to be financial providers, career-focused, assertive and independent, whereas women have been shown as low-position workers, loving wives and mothers, responsible for raising children and doing housework. In " I Have Not Come to Hear Them Sing" by Erika de Vasconcelos the narrator portrays the life of herself and her family. She belongs to low middle class and she takes care of her family. They live in a small town in hard conditions. Also, she shows us, reader the inevitability of death. The characters seem that they get used to this situation. Because at the right side of the 44th page, she says that "My grandmother is dead. Her death comes not as a shock; only the timing has surprised us." Considering the cultural stereotypes, which means when someone has an opinion on another person based on who they are, where they're from, or the language they speak without getting to know the individual. The narrator always speaks about the other characters like her grandmother. As she narrates her grandmother gets married 3 times. She falls on hard times. Comparing the narrator's voice with that of Junot Diaz's "Otravida Otravez" shows us "I Have Not Come to Hear Them Sing" and "Otravida Otravez" have same purpose. Because in "Otravida Otravez" women are portrayed that they had to survive and take care of their children. The men figure never care about their family. Only the women took care of their family. The hard conditions of women are taken into consideration in both short stories.
A division of gender roles is deeply rooted in the social archetypes. In the past, the patriarchy was a dominant family model. Through the ages men have been considered to be financial providers, career-focused, assertive and independent, whereas women have been shown as low-position workers, loving wives and mothers, responsible for raising children and doing housework. In " I Have Not Come to Hear Them Sing" by Erika de Vasconcelos the narrator portrays the life of herself and her family. She belongs to low middle class and she takes care of her family. They live in a small town in hard conditions. Also, she shows us, reader the inevitability of death. The characters seem that they get used to this situation. Because at the right side of the 44th page, she says that "My grandmother is dead. Her death comes not as a shock; only the timing has surprised us." Considering the cultural stereotypes, which means when someone has an opinion on another person based on who they are, where they're from, or the language they speak without getting to know the individual. The narrator always speaks about the other characters like her grandmother. As she narrates her grandmother gets married 3 times. She falls on hard times. Comparing the narrator's voice with that of Junot Diaz's "Otravida Otravez" shows us "I Have Not Come to Hear Them Sing" and "Otravida Otravez" have same purpose. Because in "Otravida Otravez" women are portrayed that they had to survive and take care of their children. The men figure never care about their family. Only the women took care of their family. The hard conditions of women are taken into consideration in both short stories.
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