In “The Moths” by Helena María Viramontes the narrator originally describes her relationship between her and Abuelita as nothing special. Viramontes describes Abuelita’s gray eye in situations that reveal more about the relationship between her and the narrator, ultimately allowing the fact that the narrator and her Abuelita are closer than the narrator originally allowed the readers to believe.
The narrator’s immediate family does not make her feel comfortable or safe, while her connection to God is strong enough to comfort her as well. The narrator’s first description of the gray eye: “I always felt her gray eye on me. It made me feel, in a strange sort of way, safe and guarded and not alone. Like God was supposed to make you feel.” (Viramontes 812). The narrator describes the comforting feeling she feels from her grandmother’s gaze. Abuelita’s gray eye specifically makes the narrator feel “strange sort of way, safe and guarded and not alone”. The “strange” feeling she implies an unfamiliar, yet not totally welcome, the feeling comes from her lack of close relations to the rest of her immediate …show more content…
Describing the gray eye multiple times: “Up close, you could see her gray eye beaming out the window, staring hard as if to remember everything, I never kissed her.” (Viramontes 812), and “Abuelita snapped back, her pasty gray eye beaming at me and burning holes in my suspicions. Regretful that I had let secret questions drop out of my mouth.” (Viramontes 811). The narrator’s thoughts followed the description of the eye; the narrator does this because of how important her grandmother is to her. Her grandmother is incredibly important to her, so important in fact that she thinks about her grandmother’s effect on her life. The fact that she does this multiple times shows her reliance and the importance of her relationship with her
The narrator’s immediate family does not make her feel comfortable or safe, while her connection to God is strong enough to comfort her as well. The narrator’s first description of the gray eye: “I always felt her gray eye on me. It made me feel, in a strange sort of way, safe and guarded and not alone. Like God was supposed to make you feel.” (Viramontes 812). The narrator describes the comforting feeling she feels from her grandmother’s gaze. Abuelita’s gray eye specifically makes the narrator feel “strange sort of way, safe and guarded and not alone”. The “strange” feeling she implies an unfamiliar, yet not totally welcome, the feeling comes from her lack of close relations to the rest of her immediate …show more content…
Describing the gray eye multiple times: “Up close, you could see her gray eye beaming out the window, staring hard as if to remember everything, I never kissed her.” (Viramontes 812), and “Abuelita snapped back, her pasty gray eye beaming at me and burning holes in my suspicions. Regretful that I had let secret questions drop out of my mouth.” (Viramontes 811). The narrator’s thoughts followed the description of the eye; the narrator does this because of how important her grandmother is to her. Her grandmother is incredibly important to her, so important in fact that she thinks about her grandmother’s effect on her life. The fact that she does this multiple times shows her reliance and the importance of her relationship with her