Ayana Roseborough writes:
1. Socorro realizes she is pregnant after Abelard is sent to prison. She dies soon after Belicia's birth. After the discovery that Socorro is pregnant, the narrator asks "fukú or zafa?," thus questioning whether the third daughter of the Cabrals is a form of good luck or bad. Which do you think she is?
2. Is there hope at the end of the story? Is there reason to believe Lola's daughter might escape the curse of the de Leons?
3. Did Oscar make the right decision by going back to the Dominican Republic? Knowing what awaited him, he still believed it was the right decision. His family and Yunior did not. What do you think?
