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I feel that that Fuller is expressing her beliefs on equality for women because of when she says "talk French, but know nothing of the language of flowers" this sounds like she is expressing how men "sweet talk" women by speaking french when they know nothing about gentleness.
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In the US, ot is mostly around December, January and February.
He is captured by a colonel who is son of Don Lupe that was killed by Juvencio. When some men are trampling on his small property he goes out to tell them not to do that when he is captured. He doesn't want to die and he says that he is not a threat to anybody because he is too old then the colonel tells his men to get Juvencio drunk.