Most women dream of achieving physical beauty. It has been a timeless quest. Yet, in this story, Nobel laureate, Gabriel García Márquez explores the burdens that such beauty may create.
The central character, Eva dreams of being ordinary. She is troubled by the lascivious glances of men and her father's sensual avarice. She gets insomnia problem and even blame on her ancestors for making her being so attractive.
Being extremely beautiful also restrains Eva's personal freedom. In Columbian traditional culture, the woman usually could not choose the person to marry to, especially to the women who were extremely pretty. Absolutely, Eva faced his problem, and she keeps thinking of the "boy", her lover , all the time.
Last but not least, Eva is a variety of the biblical Eve come again, blaming the curse of her beauty on the first woman and indicates that keeping beautiful is always an issue for all the women.
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