Have you ever been frustrated with your parents or parent? In the stories, Confetti Girl and Tortilla Sun, the both narrators have a hard time making peace with their parent. In both stories, the problems are creating tension between their family, and it’s because of the difference in points of views. Such as the daughter in Confetti Girl, she is frustrated on how the dad is not paying attention to her wants and needs. Also, how she prefers on talking about something meaningful to her than about books. To continue on that thought, in Tortilla Sun, the girl is furious since her mother doesn’t understand why she doesn’t want to leave. Therefore, differences in points of view create tension because, the parents were alone in raising their children, and both narrators wanted to regain closeness to their …show more content…
Like Confetti Girl, for example, the conflict is that the dad has a hard time connecting with her daughter. For example, it states, “Dad helps, but he sometimes he makes a big mess.” (2). Building onto the quote, the dad is trying his best, but he makes a mess, unlike the girl’s mother. This issue is creating tension since the conflict is more serious and it’s getting complicated by the moment. Plus, the tension is shown when the girl is trying to make everything seem fine between her and the dad. Now in Tortilla Sun, the mother is alone with her daughter. The daughter is conflicting with her mom, which makes it harder for the mom. As told, “I felt a sudden urge to bolt for the front door and run” (24). The feelings are shown which builds anticipation. Additionally, the daughter has no one else to turn to, except her mom, and since she has to move, the conflict becomes more complex. Which of course, builds tension in the story. To conclude, raising the kid alone has resulted in tension being created between the parent and
While Gertrudis lives a fulfilling life, Rosaura’s fate is quarrelsome relationships and an early demise. After a family quarrel over Esperanza’s desire to discard tradition, Pedro hears Rosaura “breaking wind even with the door closed” (Esquivel 232). This serves as a reference to the motif of Rosaura’s recurring digestive issues. The imagery of being so loud they are heard even with ‘the door closed’ emphasizes the force with which she struggles against change. Following this the loud rumble Pedro almost mistakes as sign “ the revolution had started up again” (Esquivel 232) subtly serves as a reminder of the civil war occuring throughout the book which parallels the struggles against tradition in Mama Elena’s household with that of a war in Mexico between old and new ideals.
Rosaura worries about what Tita and Pedro are doing behind her back. While Tita is heartbroken because of the love that was stolen from
(Cervantes 11). She kept preaching about the new opportunities for Izzy, but Izzy knew it was just to convince her to travel to New Mexico. In fact, Confetti Girl and Tortilla Sun have a world of differences, but also some similarities as well. Both parents are interested only in their children’s education and say they care, but really do
It is extremely normal for teens to fight and argue with their parents. In the passages Confetti Girl and Tortilla Sun, the narrator has a feeling of negligence from their parent. Both kids have only one parent and tension begins to build because both have different points of views. In both of the stories, the parent and child don't see to face which creates tension because the parent disregards their child’s interests, and they both have trouble connecting with their parent.
Mom and dad don't get along with each other which leads them to fight and the children were affected by that. Thinking about person versus person conflict highlights the corruption of mom and dad's relationship, showing how mom and dad not getting along causes dysfunction in a family. In Battle Mountain, Mom and Dad fought about them not getting along with each other. Jeannette remembers, “That night when Dad came home, he and Mom got into a big fight.
Life Goals In the essay “The Storyteller”, Sandra Cisneros describes how her identity was shaped by goals that she had for herself. Starting from a young Cisneros dreamt about living in her own silent home that fitted her taste. Years later after coming home from college she still had the dream of living on her own and also with a career goal of becoming a writer. Cisneros determination to follow her dreams was strong, however, her father’s did not agree with the dreams and even had a different idea of what he wanted for her.
Lastly, in both texts, the narrators have completely different views than their parents, and because of these disagreements, the narrator feels completely neglected by their parents, further fortifying any tension that had been there initially. Therefore, in Diana Lopez’s novel, Confetti Girl and Jennifer Cervantes’ novel, Tortilla Sun, the narrators have different points of view than that of their parents, causing tension when the narrator disagrees with her Father in not liking English, when Izzy claims that going to New Mexico is more of an opportunity for her Mother than for her, while her mother believes different, and when the two narrators both feel neglected by their parents because they have such different views than
The family is a bizarre institution. Families are where we receive our cultural education, learn to walk, and internalize the rules of the world. At the same time, families are where we receive trauma that leaves us with dysfunctional personalities traits and maladaptive behaviors. The family at its core is where we are initiated into the best and the most brutal of what humanity has to offer. The Eastwood family in the film Crucible of Horror is a prime example of the nihilistic potentiality of the family institution.
To conclude the stories “ Confetti Girl” and “Tortilla Sun” had a lot of tension through the narrators and their parents. The parents in both stories were being strict and had to have the last say. The narrator's were both over reacting in my opinion but to them there feelings were hurt. All in all tension rises through
Conflict is when a character in a piece of literature faces something that opposes their desires and needs. In the selections, The Boston Girl, and Sybil Ludington’s Ride, the main characters struggle against their parents for their wellbeing. The girls, Addie and Sybil, feel like they can do more than what others say, but their parents feel it is dangerous and do not believe in them. The protagonists do what they believe in and have to face their parents and prove them wrong. Due to the parents concerning about their children, the main characters have to prove themselves worthy of the tasks at hand, allowing the conflict to erupt, man versus man.
As kids grow older, they tend to have different views about things than their parents do. And they become more rebellious. In the stories Confetti Girl Diana Lopez and Tortilla Sun by Jennifer cervantes, the daughters don't see eye to eye with their parent. Izzy, the girl in Tortilla Sun doesn't want her mother to leave for Costa Rica and her to be alone with her Nana. And the girl in Confetti Girl doesn't enjoy literature as much as her father does and feels like her father cares about books more than her.
Language “The Veldt” Notes Preposition: Characters in the story George Hadley is the father. He is stricter than Lydia. He admires the HappyLife Home, however, he notices that the house overpowers the jobs of the parents. Lydia Hadley is the mother. She is less disciplinary than George.
Her daughter, Izzy, on the other hand believes that her mother is selfish and is only thinking of herself. It bother her because her mother is so nonchalant and acts like her daughter doesn’t matter, but in reality he mother is probably doing this for her daughter. Second, the clashing of views of the mother and daughter cause tension because they misinterpreted each other. According to the text, “Opportunity? For me?
Tortilla Sun is about a girl called Izzy and her mother who is a college student. To graduate, Izzy’s mother makes Izzy move to New Mexico for two months with her grandma while she does an experiment. Izzy does not have a choice as her mother already bought plane tickets. The protagonist’s viewpoints differ with those of their parents causing conflict.
Her mother’s strong beliefs of their Mexican tradition restricts Tita from having any relationship with Pedro, the man she loves. Through this tension