The Bride By Christina Granados Summary

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In the short story The Bride, written by Christina Granados, we are taken into Lily’s perspective. Lily describes her childhood with her sister, Rochelle, who has been planning her wedding since birth. To plan her wedding, Rochelle uses the “five- pound bride magazines” (Granados 502). She plans the songs, the food, the guests, as well as the dress from these magazines. Rochelle, throughout the story, never seems to accept any traditional Mexican- American wedding practices. Rochelle says no “dollar dance” (Granados __), no heavyset bridesmaids, and even no El Paso heat to mess with her picture of the perfect wedding. Rochelle is basically denying her heritage, Lily sees this and says “my sister was in denial. And it wasn’t just about her obese