Cisneros plays around with connotation and denotation with the word only by using the word in different ways. As in this example sentence, it says they are the only daughter, inferring that there is one female child, but they say they are only a daughter, inferring that they feel they can be nothing more than a daughter.
B character, from someone who went to Christian private school
Answer: I do not see the details but my guess would be because the woman is antisocial.
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