I am reading Borderlands by Gloria Anzaldua, specifically the chapter 3 : Entering Into the Serpent. and I have some questions to ask: Why What does

I am reading Borderlands by Gloria Anzaldua, specifically the chapter 3 : Entering Into the Serpent. and I have some questions to ask:

1. Why What does Anzaldua identify as a snake? How is that connected to her consciousness? (to the Virgin of Guadalupe?)

2. How does she connect La facultad to her feminist self? ()