Abuela Invents The Zero Summary

The theme of, ‘Abuela Invents the Zero’ helped me understand a larger lesson about how life experiences can shape our values. ‘Abuela Invents the Zero’ universal theme is, It is important to treat your family with respect or you may lose respect for yourself. Let me provide some evidence to prove this theme. First, on paragraph number two we see dialogue. “Connie, please be nice to Abuela. She doesn’t have too many years left. Do you promise me, Constancia?”—when she uses my full name, I know she means business. So I say, “Sure.” Why wouldn’t I be nice? I’m not a monster, after all.” As you can see, Constancia is being somewhat sarcastic. Furthermore, we can also see the theme developed in the actions of the story. For instance “I realize