Parrot In The Over Character Analysis

The book “Parrot in the Oven” is an extended metaphor; the metaphor is about a person’s ignorance. In the beginning of the story, Manny is a parrot in the oven. He is naive to the world around him. However, throughout the Novel many grows up and is no longer a “Parrot in the over.” Victor Martinez’s “Parrot in the over” is a bildungsroman, a coming of age novel where the main character learns a valuable life lesson, the tittle “Parrot in the over” is an extended metaphor because through Manny’s dad having a drinking problem leading to him trying to kill Manny’s mom, Manny almost killing Pedi, and Manny participating in a crime Manny realizes what kin fog persons he wants to be and therefore, grows up. In the beginning, Manny learns a lesson through his father pore actions which is the first step of him growing up. Manny learns that his father has a drinking problem when he realizes why he’s always at the Rico’s which is like a sports bar for Mexicans to talk drink and other things like that. While coming from Rico’s Manny’s mother realized how …show more content…
Manny learns life lesson and grows up throughout the story and you can see that through his choices and attitude throughout the story that he grows up, you also see Manny making wiser decisions. This book really relates to my life and honestly I give this book five stars. When I read this book I literally would flip back and forth to my own life seeing myself in Manny shoes, Manny’s shows could have been my shoes and has been for a long time but I now see if Manny can make it so can