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Anzaldua talks about her cultures identity problems in a brooder scale then Ellison While Ellison incorporates personal experiences Anzaldua talks about her people in a more general way Anzaldua examines her cultures crisis in many different facets Entering the Serpent is more directed towards problems of spirituality and the role of female While How to Tame a Wild Tongue is directed more at Chicanos present day struggles with their own identity In Entering the Serpent Anzaldua uses the Ancient Goddess Coatlalopeuh as her main example She first explains the history of the goddess the processes and changes that she went through over time In the beginning she was a powerful Female God who was a balance The goddess had both good and bad powers and stood to balance the male gods She was the mother but like real life mothers she was also the punisher Coatlalopeuh was a source of power to the women Over time as male dominated societies like the Aztecs and later the Spanish took control over Central Mexico the role of the goddess changed The male dominated societies started to divide her up into different goddess each with a different purpose Eventually this powerful goddess became the la Virgin de Guadalupe a graceful mother figure Anzaldua explains how Guadalupe is a very popular goddess and does not insult her in any way Instead she sums her up Guadalupe like my race is a synthesis of the old world and the new of the religion and culture of the two races in our psyche the conquerors and the conquered Anzaldua p26 Anzaldua asks the question what happened to the other aspects of this goddess and how has this affected us She relates the answer to this question into two parts the effect on woman and on her culture Anzaldua explains how in ancient times there was a balance of power between males and females Females held high positions
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