I read two stories one named Confetti Girl by Diana López and the other Tortilla Sun by Jennifer Cervantes these stories were very similar. The narrator's point of view was very different from their parents point of view. Which could be a good thing or a bad thing. The narrator’s disagree with there parents causing tension throughout the family. The tension in the two stories are very different, but they still have the same concept.
In the story “Confetti Girl” she has caused conflict/tension with her dad. It is because her dad is a teacher and cares about books and education. The narrator disagrees because she doesn’t care about her education as much. You he does when the she says that she left her book in her locker and couldn’t remember the title. Her dad figured out the title and left the dinner table to find her a copy from the book shelf. For example “He leaves the table to scan the bookshelves, and all of the sudden, I care about tough beef, th mushy potatoes, and the cold beans. Why should I eat when my own father has abandoned his food?” (26) This proves that she is trying …show more content…
She disagrees about how her mother is now moving to Costa Rica for the summer to finish her research and she is sending Izzy to her nana’s in New Mexico and she has barely met her. ” ‘ New Mexico is worlds away from california. And what am I going to do for two whole months with someone I haven’t seen since I was six? That was half my life ago. She’s a stranger!” I felt a sudden urge to bolt for the front door and run” (24). This shows the tension building between Izzy (narrator) and her mother. The mother feels she will get new experiences living with the nana a practically articular stranger to Izzy for the summer. On the other hand Izzy (narrator) feels that she is being abandoned and her mother only cares about herself and wants to pursue her dream, and complete her
In the story “Confetti Girl” she has caused conflict/tension with her dad. It is because her dad is a teacher and cares about books and education. The narrator disagrees because she doesn’t care about her education as much. You he does when the she says that she left her book in her locker and couldn’t remember the title. Her dad figured out the title and left the dinner table to find her a copy from the book shelf. For example “He leaves the table to scan the bookshelves, and all of the sudden, I care about tough beef, th mushy potatoes, and the cold beans. Why should I eat when my own father has abandoned his food?” (26) This proves that she is trying …show more content…
She disagrees about how her mother is now moving to Costa Rica for the summer to finish her research and she is sending Izzy to her nana’s in New Mexico and she has barely met her. ” ‘ New Mexico is worlds away from california. And what am I going to do for two whole months with someone I haven’t seen since I was six? That was half my life ago. She’s a stranger!” I felt a sudden urge to bolt for the front door and run” (24). This shows the tension building between Izzy (narrator) and her mother. The mother feels she will get new experiences living with the nana a practically articular stranger to Izzy for the summer. On the other hand Izzy (narrator) feels that she is being abandoned and her mother only cares about herself and wants to pursue her dream, and complete her