 Additionally, Calderón’s role as the proper “lady traveler” makes her most comfortable within her own class, away from the beggars and Indians that constantly interrupt her narrative.She ultimately perceives Mexican racial diversity as a hindrance to Mexican progress and connected to their “uncivilized” nature.However, in the realm of self-discovery, Calderón admits to finding secret pleasure in the “barbaric” Mexican bullfights, although it is un-ladylike.