The story of the Lieutenant nun was about a woman named Catalina de Erauso who was training to be a nun but decided to runaway from the convent and instead disguised herself as a man then became a lieutenant. I was amazed that when she disguised herself as a man (and went by the name Francisco), the people around her were convinced that she was a man and her own father did not even recognize her.  I was also fascinated by her whole journey where she kept traveling from one place to another, met new people, and survived. Throughout the story, Catalina showed bravery and courage. I believe she is a good example of feminism. She proved it by dressing in armor and battling with a sword.

I do find it tragic that she killed her own brother, Captain Miguel de Erausso, by accident. Catalina felt horrible that she immediately went to the church, confessed her sins to the friar then brought her brother to the doctor. What makes it more tragic was that Miguel never knew that Catalina/Francisco was his sister. I was actually hoping that Catalina would tell him the truth about herself especially that they have not seen each other for a very long time and Catalina mentioned that she was “overyjoyed” to see him(Ch.6).

Overall, I found the story very intriguing. It had great flow and a lot of suspense. I can definitely see this being published into a movie. It somewhat reminded me of the story of Joan of Arc. The only question that I have to this story is why did she runaway from the convent? what were her motives behind that?