1. Maria has fear because she does not want Chaves to get caught for two reasons. One because they will murder him and she will get punished and also because later her husband will find out she was being unfaithful by keeping another man in their house while he was not present. Maria questions the lieutenant by asking if he has yet found Chaves which he replies as no and she is pleased because she did not lie. She is Curious to if they have found him. Maria reacts to the Lieutenant with character and strong will. She does not show that she is lying by being aggressive and straight forward. She later brings up the fact that she does not respect the fact that people are in her room when they are not family.
2. The source of strength that Maria shows is her ability to stay strong even though she is lying and could get punished for it. Her strength comes from keeping a man alive. The absence of a man leaves her to question weather she should let him in or not. Also it leaves her to make important decisions by her self without help and also question if she should put herself as well as her new born child in danger for a stranger she does not know. Also makes her question if her husband will be angry with her for betraying him.
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The source of Maria’s strength was actually from the anger that she felt toward the Americans because her brothers were maltreated with no grounds or explanations. It was confusing that although, Maria was married to an American, her husband was not able to help her brothers. Her fear then was if they had found out that Chavez, the kidnapper of the United States consul, was at their home medically treated, she could have been punished severely for her action. She betrayed her husband, who was an American, not because of being unfaithful to him. Maria’s action was definitely aggressive, out of character for a woman of this period.
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