[1][2] La Loca in Ana Castillo's So Far from God is an outsider from the community;[3] she dies at age three, but is miraculously resurrected revered like a saint.
[7] At her funeral she was resurrected and claimed that she had gone to hell, purgatory, heaven, and was sent back to earth by God in order to pray for everyone.
[7] Due to this she was called a Saint, and was named ‘La Loca Santa’ because of the bewildering behavior following her resurrection.
[6] She argues that La Loca was a symbol of resistance because she stood up against the oppression Chicanas faced such as that from the church.
[9] In Castillo's text, La Loca was one of the many characters she used to explore and critique the role women have in Mexican American culture as well as sexism and the oppression they face.