Necessary Endings
Helena Maria Miramontes is an American writer and English professor. She has written novels and shorts stories, like “The Moths” which is included in her collection of”The Moths and Other Stories.” The Moths is a coming-of-age story about a 14 year old girl who takes care of her sick abuelita. The characters of the story are the mom, the father, the girl’s older sisters, and the narrator which is the girl. The narrator is described as being different, unlike her older sisters she is selfish, disrespectful, she is not girly and has big hands and a deeper voice. She is often beat up at home, and because of this she spends most of her time in her grandma’s house, helping her in her garden and also taking care of her. When her abuelita gets sick of cancer, she goes to take care of her until she dies. The themes presented in this story are transformation, death, and the power of love, also the writer uses magical realism as part of the story.
In “the Moths” the girl experiences the death …show more content…
She talks about change like, “just about the time moods change…transitions from one color to another… where the sun and earth meet, a final burst of red orange fury reminding us that although endings are inevitable, they are necessary for rebirth,” At the beginning of the story the girl is described as being disrespectful, selfish and disobedient, but taking care of her sick, cancerous abuelita helped her become a better person, she became respectful and selfless, and religiously aware. She, a 14 year old girl, took care of her dying grandmother when no one else would. She even gets mad when her mother cries about her abuelita falling off the bed, she says “I guess I became angry and just so tired of the quarrels and beatings and unanswered prayers…” Because of this journey she went through she learned about herself, and life. The death of her abuelita allowed her to be
Helena Maria Miramontes is an American writer and English professor. She has written novels and shorts stories, like “The Moths” which is included in her collection of”The Moths and Other Stories.” The Moths is a coming-of-age story about a 14 year old girl who takes care of her sick abuelita. The characters of the story are the mom, the father, the girl’s older sisters, and the narrator which is the girl. The narrator is described as being different, unlike her older sisters she is selfish, disrespectful, she is not girly and has big hands and a deeper voice. She is often beat up at home, and because of this she spends most of her time in her grandma’s house, helping her in her garden and also taking care of her. When her abuelita gets sick of cancer, she goes to take care of her until she dies. The themes presented in this story are transformation, death, and the power of love, also the writer uses magical realism as part of the story.
In “the Moths” the girl experiences the death …show more content…
She talks about change like, “just about the time moods change…transitions from one color to another… where the sun and earth meet, a final burst of red orange fury reminding us that although endings are inevitable, they are necessary for rebirth,” At the beginning of the story the girl is described as being disrespectful, selfish and disobedient, but taking care of her sick, cancerous abuelita helped her become a better person, she became respectful and selfless, and religiously aware. She, a 14 year old girl, took care of her dying grandmother when no one else would. She even gets mad when her mother cries about her abuelita falling off the bed, she says “I guess I became angry and just so tired of the quarrels and beatings and unanswered prayers…” Because of this journey she went through she learned about herself, and life. The death of her abuelita allowed her to be