Theme Development in “The Moths” by Helena Maria Viramontes When one is internally consumed by resentment‚ they become isolated and it takes an extreme event such as a great loss to regain inner peace. A young teen in the story “The Moths” is the outcast in her family. She isn’t girly or dainty like the rest of her sisters. The narrator almost always feels alone‚ even at church. The only person that can make her feel safe is her grandmother. At first the young teen represents immaturity. Hitting
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Idea in Helena Maria Viramontes’ “The Moths” PAPER#1(CENTRAL IDEA) The short story “The Moths” by Helena Maria ViraMontes is the story of a Latina granddaughter reminiscing about her relationships between herself and family‚ most specifically with her grandmother‚ when the narrator was a teenage girl. The narrator speaks about the indifference she felt among her sisters because she feels she was not pretty enough and could not “do the girl things they could do” (ViraMontes 1118.)
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Velasco‚ Jonathan ENGL 375 Ethnic Writers March 9‚ 2015 Writing Response #1 In the novel The Moths And Other Short Stories‚ Helena Maria Viramontes writes the life’s struggles of what Latinas in Los Angeles‚ and maybe around the world‚ may have to experience through the different Latina characters in the novel. Each chapter represents a different experience these Latinas may face as they become adolescents and enter adulthood. The characters in the novel cover different aspects of a Latina’s life
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Throughout Under the Feet of Jesus by Helena Viramontes‚ the struggles of Estrella and her family have a sobering effect‚ demonstrating the hardships that migrant workers endure. Near the end of the novel‚ when Alejo was takin to the clinic and tended to by a nurse‚ Estrella has an epiphany‚ a defining moment. “Estrella had figured it out: the nurse owed them as much as they owed her." This revelation is in my opinion one of the most important aspects of the book. In modern day America‚ most of
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Family‚ Catharsis‚ and Self-Realization in Viramontes’ “The Moths” Most people believe that it is inevitable for children to grow up and be just like their parents‚ even though they may have disagreed with the discipline and vowed to never be like them. Naturally‚ the way we are raised is the way we will raise our children. It is our human nature as adults to do things the way our parents taught us‚ which they learned from their parents‚ and their parents from theirs. However‚ carrying traditions
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explication of the Helena Maria Viramontes’ novel Under the Feet of Jesus. Helena Maria Viramontes’ Under the Feet of Jesus portrays the maturing of Estrella‚ a young Latina that seems to awaken in many different aspects of her life. The author’s use of Estrella give the book its strength and potency. Estrella is an affectionate character‚ which is at the center of all the important issues. She is used a symbol to represent the small amount of strength that lingers at a person’s weakest point. Estrella
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Through Death In the short story‚ “The Moths”‚ the narrator‚ a fourteen year old girl‚ assumes the responsibility of taking care of her cancerous and dying Abuelita. Her Abuelita is the only person who understands the narrator and the only person she feels she can turn to. After having followed man’s rules for so many years‚ Abuelita passes away. All the moths that lived inside her are freed and the narrator learns some life lessons. Helena Maria Viramontes uses symbolism and setting to illustrate
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there are two kinds of points of view: the first-person point of view‚ and the third-person point of view. In the first-person point of view a fictitious observer tells us what he or she saw‚ heard‚ concluded‚ and thought and is usually characterized by the use of the pronoun “I”. The speaker or narrator may sometimes seem to be the author speaking directly using an authorial voice. For example‚ Nick Carraway in “The Great Gatsby” tells the story in a first-person point of view‚ sharing with the reader
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the high waves that are menacing their existence (paragraph 9). At about paragraph 49‚ however‚ the speaker shifts his concentration primarily to the correspondent‚ while he describes the other men more dramatically. Might we assume that at this point‚ Crane is merging the speaker of the story with his own voice‚ as nearly as we can determine it? Throughout‚ the speaker introduces some of his own ideas‚ and also‚ at times‚ speaks ironically. This accounts for some of the more humorous expressions
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Point Of View December 4‚ 2011 E block The three points of view are first person‚ third person limited‚ and third person omniscient. First person is when the narrator is a character in the story. Third limited is telling from one characters perspective‚ and omniscient is an all seeing‚ all knowing narrator. Situational irony is defined as a contradiction between what is expected to happen and what actually happens. Narrator point of view creates situational irony
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