Pov's Cause Tension Analysis

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In CG and TS the difference in POV’S cause tension. Confetti girl by Diana Lopez, and tortilla sun by Jennifer Cervantes. In CG the father doesn’t do exactly what the girl wants and in turn the girl is upset, while in tortilla sun the mother does what she wants but sadly could not find a better way to occupy her daughter than how she did. In the two stories the tension is caused by parent not doing what their child wants.

In confetti girl the girl wants to do soccer instead of her homework so she leaves her book at school. The parent in confetti girl just happened to have the book confetti girl had left so confetti girl still had to do homework. Tension is caused in this story because the child left her book at school to get out of homework

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