Out of all the other pies six-year-old Soto could haven chosen, it is significant that he craves for an apple pie. For the reason that an apple is symbolic to temptation due to the passage in the bible where Eve is tempted by a snake to pick an apple despite God commanding Eve not to do so. Similar to the story from the bible, Gary Soto makes a connection between himself and the first sinners, Adam and Eve, when he quotes, "I knew an apple got Eve in deep trouble with a snake”. The realization that Soto will soon be punished for his sin much like how Adam and Eve was leads him to feel guilty and
Out of all the other pies six-year-old Soto could haven chosen, it is significant that he craves for an apple pie. For the reason that an apple is symbolic to temptation due to the passage in the bible where Eve is tempted by a snake to pick an apple despite God commanding Eve not to do so. Similar to the story from the bible, Gary Soto makes a connection between himself and the first sinners, Adam and Eve, when he quotes, "I knew an apple got Eve in deep trouble with a snake”. The realization that Soto will soon be punished for his sin much like how Adam and Eve was leads him to feel guilty and