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El chupacabras is a wild beast with a ridge of prickly hair along its back. Teresita’s husband warns the Garzas that he wounded el chupacabras through its eye but that they should not show it any mercy. When the sisters first encounter el chupacabras, it takes the form of Chencho, a kind young goatherd who shares food and shelter with the girls. Chencho’s bloodlust causes him to transform unpredictably, and he bites Pita. Seeing that Chencho has no control over his transformation and is only a child like them, Odilia shows him mercy, leaving him blinded but alive. El chupacabras is meant to parallel the monstrous Cyclops in Homer’s Odyssey.
El Chupacabras (Chencho) Quotes in Summer of the Mariposas
The Summer of the Mariposas quotes below are all either spoken by El Chupacabras (Chencho) or refer to El Chupacabras (Chencho). For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 14
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It felt weird, preparing for what might happen to us in the night. I felt like we were in a different world, a magical realm, where everything was larger than life. Did I think we could really kill the mythical chupacabras? Normally, I would have said not on your life, especially since we weren’t even sure if he was a vampire. […] Besides, there was something about being in those ruins in the Mexican countryside that made anything possible, because that night I believed in us—cinco hermanitas, five little sisters, together forever. No matter what.
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“Odilia is right. We’re the Garza girls, cinco hermanitas, five little sisters under the protection of the goddess,” she said, holding the stake in front of her with both hands and anchoring the sharp point of it on the ground.
“That’s right,” I said. I looked down at Pita, who was clutching her ankle, wincing. “Remember what I told you? La Llorona said we must remain noble and kind. We should grant mercy when it is asked of us.”
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El Chupacabras (Chencho) Quotes in Summer of the Mariposas
The Summer of the Mariposas quotes below are all either spoken by El Chupacabras (Chencho) or refer to El Chupacabras (Chencho). For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 14
Quotes
It felt weird, preparing for what might happen to us in the night. I felt like we were in a different world, a magical realm, where everything was larger than life. Did I think we could really kill the mythical chupacabras? Normally, I would have said not on your life, especially since we weren’t even sure if he was a vampire. […] Besides, there was something about being in those ruins in the Mexican countryside that made anything possible, because that night I believed in us—cinco hermanitas, five little sisters, together forever. No matter what.
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“Odilia is right. We’re the Garza girls, cinco hermanitas, five little sisters under the protection of the goddess,” she said, holding the stake in front of her with both hands and anchoring the sharp point of it on the ground.
“That’s right,” I said. I looked down at Pita, who was clutching her ankle, wincing. “Remember what I told you? La Llorona said we must remain noble and kind. We should grant mercy when it is asked of us.”
