cultures. She feels "under suspicion from so many." And that examination by others leads to "this constant self-scrutiny, digging deeper, digging deeper" (Moraga 97). This "digging deeper" can be seen not only as a painful curse, but as a blessing as well, because it has helped shaped her powerful social, sexual and political perspective on the world.
In any case, it is clear that Moraga is still struggling to find herself and her place in the world, not because she is unhappy with who she is, but because her world and her culture(s) offer her such resistance to being who she is.
What makes her a sympathetic character to the reader is that she does not turn herself into a victim as a result of these traumas which she has suffered mainly as the result of mistreatment at the hands of men. She
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