In the passage from Confetti Girl the narrator thinks that while her father says she matters, once he "goes on a scavenger hunt for a book"(paragraph 26) she realizes that she doesn't matter. This is basically the difference of viewpoints between the narrator and her father. This leads to tension in the story, because the narrator starts to neglect her father's efforts to help her. For example, in the text, when the narrator's father …show more content…
One reason this is true is because both of the narrators points of view make them think negatively about their parents. This is because both the narrators in both stories accuse their parents of not thinking their opinions matter. In Confetti Girl the narrator thinks that her father cares about his books more than he does about her. In Tortilla Sun the narrator thinks that her mother doesn't care about her opinions at all. In the text, the narrator says, " "Opportunity? For me? Or for you?" "(paragraph 34) This shows that the narrator in Tortilla Sun is skeptical of whether her mother's choice was made for the her mother's gain, not her's. This shows how the difference of view points are similar in both