Writing in the 20th century was much more difficult for a Chicano than it was for a typical American of the time. Although that didn't stop the author, Sandra Cisneros. One of her famous novels, Woman Hollering Creek, was a great example of how a combined culture, that of Mexican-Americans, can display its pride and identity in this century. At the same time, it gave women the opportunity to express their voices and change the culture of Latin markets forever. Not only did it express the identity/gender roles of women and relationships, but it used these relationships to combine Mexican and American cultures into a hybrid race. This novel was supposed to be a point of view for the future to show that there is more to life than just gender and race. In conclusion, the articles that help define it are “The Latino/a Canon and the Emergence of Post-Sixties Literature” and “What is Call Heaven”. Women Hollering Creek was considered one of Sandra Cisnero's best works. With a Texas outlook, this 22-story novel is set between the late 1960s and the 1980s. There are three distinct sections: “My Friend Lucy Who Smells Like Corn,” “A Holy Night,” and “There Was a Man, There Was a Woman.” Each part contains short stories within them. They all consist of a touching girl, Esperanza, who matures into a woman and how she deals with these gender roles through love and violence. Cisneros alters the name Esperanza to Chayo, Rachel, Lupe, Ines and Clemenica, to explain the differences between them and to give the story a more bawdy effectiveness. Sandra Cisneros' main focus throughout the novel was identity. Cisneros begins in the first section (“My Friend Lucy Who Smells Like Corn), narrating as a child and matures further… middle of paper…… mixing cultures and identities of women. His voice is what the article emphasizes to show how the goal is to redistribute language and culture without criticizing the “New World”. This is what influences our future as a whole and challenges us to “bridge the gap between fringe Latino culture and the American mainstream.” If the company doesn't at least try to merge, there will be a huge war that may never end. Simply being that woman to show her passion and influence can have a big impact and force this world to recognize that we are all the same. Works Cited Cisneros, Sandra. Woman screaming Creek. First edition Vintage Contemporary. March 1992. November 10, 2010.Thomson, Jeff. “What is Called Heaven”: Identity in “Woman Hollering Creek” by Sandra Cisneros. Studies in Short Fiction, 31:3 (1994: Summer) p.415. November 16 2010.