 Susana and Eligio criticize each other throughout the novel for characteristics that they have in common.Eligio, for example, is bothered by Susana’s feminist traits, while Susana constantly points out Eligio’s macho attitude – a term whose connotation is stronger than the word “chauvinist.” Implicitly, one of their greatest complaints is that the other person is more interested in their self.An example of this is the opinions that they have toward the respective times that they spend with each other’s incompetent friends.