Rubi: A Deeper Look
Rubi: A Deeper Look
Upon first
glance, Rubi seems like your stereotypical shallow, pretty, leading female. Her
mom and sister appear to be very humble and caring, while Rubi is extremely
concerned with money and not the nicest person. It seems like it is for no
reason-- whenever you see the type of people she comes from. As you get deeper
into the show though, it becomes clear that maybe her actions are actually
influenced from her home life after all. No matter what Rubi does, her family
is very suspicious about it and so are the other people in their building. Even
though she is actually telling them the truth, her sister gossips with the
neighbor about what they think Rubi is really
doing behind their backs, and accuses her of things as bad as prostitution (which isn’t even near what
she is doing, she’s just dating someone).
Although sometimes Rubi is sneaky and does things behind their backs, it
doesn’t happen as much as they believe.
Growing up, I’ve noticed that often times a lack of trust in
people leads to sneakier behavior than if people actually have some faith and
believe in them. I’ve seen lots of instances where that is the case with
parents and their children and even went through a time where I was that way
myself. Although a lot of times telenovelas are unrealistic, this is an aspect
that I find very similar to real life. While it doesn’t justify a lot of the
things Rubi does, I can see why it is so important for her to find a means to
get away from where she is living. The people she is surrounded by find
themselves very concerned with her affairs, which can be annoying to anyone. Everyone
deserves some privacy and for their loved ones to have some faith in them—and Rubi doesn’t have that where she lives. Of course
she isn’t the best person as it is by any means. I don’t blame her for being
rude and snarky towards people that are constantly in her business though. And
while I still don’t exactly like Rubi, she is becoming more relatable as the
show continues which is in turn making the show a lot more realistic and
relatable as well.
Your response reminds me of the saying "don't judge a book by its cover" because one does not truly know what another person is going through. Like how people would think that Rubi is not a nice person but in reality is good while her mother and sister seems like nice and caring people but in reality are not so nice. The mother and the sister to me seems similar to the idea of the step mom and the step sisters in the story of Cinderella. And it also seems that Rubi's sister is jealous of Rubi because she is able to spread gossip about someone that is her own blood. It is also interesting that you were able to connect with the character Rubi. As telenovelas progress and improve as the years go by, it seems that they are becoming more realistic where the people that are watching it are able to relate more instead of being more of a fantasy.
ReplyDeleteThis makes me think about how often times, those of us who live in the middle class or below, believe that those who are wealthy are better off overall, that money makes them more successful, more attractive, and freer to live their lives as they want when, in fact, wealthy people have the same basic struggles that everyone else has. It's clear that Rubi's family has expectations of her, and it's clear that they aren't approving of who she is, or what she does. This is something that everyone struggles with in some form or another: people set up expectations of us that we can never meet, and, in not meeting them, we fail in their eyes. I've experienced this myself and it's not something that you can easily let go, because it hurts to disappoint the people who care about you.
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