Theme

The themes of __Antojos__, are: expect the unexpected, but also to remember that first impressions are not always correct.

- Yolanda does not listen to her aunts because she is confident that she will be fine and nothing bad is going to happen. She took risks and was not as careful and prepared as she could have been. Her bold moves landed her in frightening situations which she did not expect. She could have been more prepared so that her car did not get a flat tire, which would have kept her from meeting the two men, alone in the middle of the countryside.

- Yolanda learnt that first impressions are not always correct. At first, Yolanda is terrified of the two men. Their images give her a very bad first impression that causes her body to freeze with terror and she becomes unable to speak or move any muscle. In the end, the men turn out to be nothing like what she imagined; they are helpful and fix her problem. Yolanda is grateful and thankful that they came along, which is the complete opposite of her initial thoughts and first impression.

- Yolanda's trip serves as a reality check at how culturally unprepared she was how much she has changed since leaving the Dominican Republic. She unknowingly lost certain characteristics and Spanish language from her childhood and heritage which she never even thought about.