This short story contains conflicting ideas, which made it difficult to relate to. There is a clear distinction between Sandra's father and my father's beliefs about what girls should pursue and become. Cisnero's father believed that "college was good for girls, good for finding a husband (377)", which gives the impression that it is not "about finding one's success, but rather about counting on the success of another person [man]. Contrary to my father's beliefs, he encourages education and personal success. Gender expectations are visible in the lives of Cisneros and myself, as our fathers impose their ideas of what we are supposed to become in life. Therefore, gender expectations can also be observed in the way society presents the behavior of men and women. A woman's behavior is punished much more than that of a man. Women are elegant and sophisticated, so they are expected to behave properly. Society has a habit of judging women for not behaving appropriately. Women are criticized, gossiped about and called hateful names. Unlike men's behavior, women suffer more often than men because they are expected to behave according to societies.