Throughout the vignette Alicia wants to go pursue other things in life, but poverty is holding her back. Cisneros writes. “Studies all night and sees the mice” (Cisneros 32). At first glance it seems that this quote means nothing. However after looking closer, it shows that Alicia is studying all night. Studying all night shows that she is trying to get out of where she is right now to try bigger and better things. Also the mice symbolize poverty. They symbolize poverty because Alicia’s dad can not see them. He cannot see them because he has been in poverty his whole life and does not know any different. However Alicia can see them because it is poverty that is holding her back from her
Throughout the vignette Alicia wants to go pursue other things in life, but poverty is holding her back. Cisneros writes. “Studies all night and sees the mice” (Cisneros 32). At first glance it seems that this quote means nothing. However after looking closer, it shows that Alicia is studying all night. Studying all night shows that she is trying to get out of where she is right now to try bigger and better things. Also the mice symbolize poverty. They symbolize poverty because Alicia’s dad can not see them. He cannot see them because he has been in poverty his whole life and does not know any different. However Alicia can see them because it is poverty that is holding her back from her