Women are victims of abusive relationship because of their inability to distinguish a realistic marriage from the media’s ideal marriage. In a short story called, “Women Hollering Creek” by Sandra Cisneros, it talks about a character named Cleofilas Hernandez, who struggle to understand and leave her abusive relationship because of the message she receives from the media. Telenovelas has a vast impact on Hernandez’s life. She admires Lucia Mendez, who is an actress in the telenovelas. Hernandez admiration of Lucia’s marriage lead her to become an abuse victim. The concept of marriage in the telenovelas is that a woman must sacrifice everything in order to create a marriage full of happiness. “The beautiful Lucia Mendez having to put up with
