So Far from God | Short Essay Answer Key

Short Essay Answer Key

1. Describe the differences between the four daughters. What makes each of them unique?

Sofi's three daughters are very different characters. Esperanza is independent and career-focused, and is the only one to have finished college. After marrying her high school boyfriend, Caridad becomes a regular drinker and sleeps with a wide variety of men. Fe is a reliable, hard-working girl who is planning a future with her fiancé, but eventually is driven to insanity when he tells her he is not ready to be married. La Loca is the youngest child and has a deeply magical experience at the age of three, and from then on is seen as supernatural.

2. How does La Loca get her name?

La Loca got her name when she rose out of her coffin at her own funeral when she was three years old. She is diagnosed with epilepsy and...
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