Cléofilas’s father in “Woman Hollering Creek,” who immediately intuits that her marriage to Juan Pedro will only end in despair. When Juan Pedro asks Don Serafín for his daughter’s hand, he predicts that Cleófilas will soon return to Mexico wishing she’d never left with this man. As she leaves, Don Serafín looks her in the eye and tells her, “I am your father, I will never abandon you.”
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Don Serafín Character Timeline in Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories
The timeline below shows where the character Don Serafín appears in Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Woman Hollering Creek
As soon as Don Serafín gives Juan Pedro Martínez Sánchez permission to marry his daughter Cleófilas and take her from...
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