Abuela Invent The Zero Analysis

How do life experiences shape our values? A way life experiences shape our values is when we run away from a problem and later learn something, good or bad, from it. In Tom Sawyer, Tom runs away because he thinks nobody loves him and later learns they do but in their own way. In “Abuela Invents the Zero”, Constancia runs from her grandmother and the fact she is related to her, later she learns she should care about her. An example from my life is when I did something that made my mother scared and I ran inside because I was afraid of getting yelled at, later I knew not to do something like that.
Tom had decided to run away as he thought nobody had loved him. “Tom’s mind was made up now. He was gloomy and desperate. He was a forsaken, friendless boy, he said: nobody loved him:” (Chapter 13, Page 123). His friends and family were ignoring or being mean to him, so he decided to run away. Later Tom decided to come back because he missed everyone and overheard them crying and saying they missed him. The town was having a funeral for him and Tom decided to attend it. “Tom got more cuffs and kisses that day - according to Aunt Polly’s varying moods - than he had earned before …show more content…
I had made my mother panic because I made her car alarm go off. I didn’t close a door all the way because later I wanted to go back in there. Once the alarm went off, i ran inside to avoid being yelled at. My mother ran outside to stop her car alarm and see why it was going off. Once she came back inside, she wanted to find out who did it. When I ran inside, I locked myself inside my room so I wouldn't have to say anything concerning the matter and wouldn't get in trouble. Once I had finally said what I did, my mother just told me not to do it again because people could get scared and assume the worst. After I realized I shouldn't touch or do anything dangerous to other people's