In the three short stories we read in class, Payasa, La Güera, and Marin, all the authors write about similar characters. In La Güera, we find an innocent girl who wants to be a chola, the titular character of Payasa is the addict, and the titular character of Marin is the prostitute. All characters present archetypes of the Hispanic gangster girl because of the behavior, looks, and feelings.
In La Güera, she reinforces the archetypes, but only to some extent. She is in seventh grade, but she already resin forces the archetypes because she teases her hair, puts on a lot of makeup, as with Payasa. Progressively in the story she steals bigger and more valuable items, typical gangster. Payasa in the story, as stated above, does drugs heavily. She has similar physical characteristics to La Guera, but the makeup is a bit different as Payasa's resembles a raccoon. Her motivation for drug use is most likely her surroundings, because she comes from a rough neighborhood where drug use is prevalent. Lastly we have Marin, who is described as being a prostitute. She waits under a streetlight for someone to take her and dreams of working downtown. She weirs short skirts, unlike the other characters. Those are the characteristics of the characters we read.
In my opinion, these characters are archetypes of the gangster girl. They are not unique for they have similar characteristics of being rebellious and do things that may harm them. Prostitution, stealing, and drug use for instance, which the characters use. These are how the characters Payasa, Marin, and La Guera are archetypical.
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