In A Parrot in the Oven by Victor Martinez, He uses dialogue, symbolism and action to show that Manny is a hard working young man who’d protect his family and cared for the ones close to him, but ended up slipping and started being less motivated, looking for where he belonged in life. Manny at first always loved work and would in any way get work experience in as many fields as he can. “I have been working in a variety of jobs” (Martinez p.40). This shows us that Manny loves to be experienced in job fields. It shows that he is very hardworking and ambitious toward a bright future. He’d rather work all day rather than sit around all day. Manny never likes to do nothing, having work to do is great for him so he is always on his feet. Being
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Toward the end of A Parrot in the Oven, Manny states “I’d lost the magic for baseball” (Martinez p.198). The Baseball glove symbolized Manny’s old ways. How he’d want to go be somewhere in life. Manny would want to have tons of work experience in an endless number of fields. Although, he was getting lost in life and wanted to find purpose and a sense of belonging in life. So Manny joins a gang to have a “family” or a “loyal group”, this way he feels like he belongs somewhere bad or not. Manny had lost himself and with that the ambition he once had.
At a certain point in time, Manny’s mother was in danger from his own father chasing her down with a gun in the middle of the night. Manny was trying with everything he could, to try and stop his father from shooting or killing his mother. “I was behind him all the way picking up and putting things back the best I could…” (Martinez p.56) Manny did not want his father to harm his mother so he protected her as much as he could. He is protective and loyal to his family so, he will do anything he can to keep his mother safe and unharmed.
Throughout A Parrot in the Oven by Victor Martinez, we see a decline in Manny and his ambition. From being an ambitious, hardworking young man with a bright future ahead of him. He loses what he used to be, joining a gang to find a sense of belonging in life and a purpose for
Toward the end of A Parrot in the Oven, Manny states “I’d lost the magic for baseball” (Martinez p.198). The Baseball glove symbolized Manny’s old ways. How he’d want to go be somewhere in life. Manny would want to have tons of work experience in an endless number of fields. Although, he was getting lost in life and wanted to find purpose and a sense of belonging in life. So Manny joins a gang to have a “family” or a “loyal group”, this way he feels like he belongs somewhere bad or not. Manny had lost himself and with that the ambition he once had.
At a certain point in time, Manny’s mother was in danger from his own father chasing her down with a gun in the middle of the night. Manny was trying with everything he could, to try and stop his father from shooting or killing his mother. “I was behind him all the way picking up and putting things back the best I could…” (Martinez p.56) Manny did not want his father to harm his mother so he protected her as much as he could. He is protective and loyal to his family so, he will do anything he can to keep his mother safe and unharmed.
Throughout A Parrot in the Oven by Victor Martinez, we see a decline in Manny and his ambition. From being an ambitious, hardworking young man with a bright future ahead of him. He loses what he used to be, joining a gang to find a sense of belonging in life and a purpose for