Sally always has to “change clothes, and go,” whenever she gets to school. She says her father’s religion is too strict, so she tells herself to “express yourself,” when she looks in the mirror. Although Sally was abused, she decided to “shatter every window till it’s all blown away,” married a man, and moved away. All Sally wanted was a little “R-E-S-P-E-C-T,” from the men in her life. She cries out to her husband “why does love always have to be a battlefield?” but the battle between them continue. Due to Sally always betraying Esperanza, I bet Esperanza thought Sally’s “smiling face show[ed] no traces of the evil that lurk[ed] within” because “smiling faces sometimes don’t tell the truth.” Sally was once “young and beautiful,” but time and abuse has aged her. Although Sally is still being abused by her husband, she’s not “where she wants to be, but [she’s] better than [she] used to be.” No matter what people do to Sally, she has always been confident and told people, “I won’t give up on [you], even if the skies get rough.” Despite some people’s beliefs, Sally was definitely not the “perfect all-american girl.” She struggled with insecurity and finding a place in society, unlike the “barbie girls in [their] barbie world[s].
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