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A feminist analysis of Gonzales's poem reveals that women are submissive, and extensions of the men to which they are related in communal and familial ways. Chicanas are depicted as faithful, long-suffering religious figures or family matriarchs who exist to support Chicano males. Women are only discussed in relation to the suffering of Chicano males, and to serve as a support as for the epic heroes referenced in the body of the poem. By the end of the 1960s, Fender was back in Corpus Christi, Texas working as a mechanic, and attending a local community college Del Mar College, while playing music only on the weekends.