A Parrot in the oven is about a young boy Manny Hernandez who wanted to be a baseball player. He worked hard all summer to buy a baseball glove. As time passed manny started changing and he wanted to be a “vato firme” he wanted to gain respect and have/make out with girls so he decided to join a gang. Leaving his dreams behind. Martinez uses action and interior monologue to show Manny as a typical teenager.
This interior monologue shows that Manny is a good boy and he got dreams; “Without work I was empty as a Coke bottle. School was starting soon, and I needed money for for clothes and paper stuff. I wanted a baseball mitt so bad a sweet hurt blossomed in my stomach whenever I thought about it. Baseball had a grip on my fantasies then, I couldn't shake it loose.” (Martinez, Pg. 7). This quote is saying that manny is a good boy, he is independent, he is a hard worker and he works for what he wants and need.
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Just like Frankie had promised.”(Martinez, pg. 194). Now Manny is becoming interested in girls just as most teenagers and he is forgetting about his