Comparing Abuelito And His Little Grandfather

What would you do if you didn’t have anyone to love you or eat with? Well, for these grandparents, that is what happened for a while. First you will read about the grandfather in the folktale, “The Old Grandfather and His Little Grandson”. Then you will read about the Abuelito, meaning grandaddy, in the poem, “Abuelito Who”. Finally, you will read about the similarities and differences between the two. The two share a universal theme. A universal theme is like a lesson that can be learned over time by different people. Let the people you love know you love them and treat them with kindness. In the folktale, “The Old Grandfather and His Little Grandson”, the grandfather is mistreated. According to the folktale, “His son and his son’s wife no longer allowed him to eat with them at the table. He had to eat his meals in the corner near the stove.” (Tolstoy, lines 4-6). The old man was getting older and sick, his teeth had fallen out, leading him to be a sloppy eater. The folktale also states, “One day

The poem states, “whose hair is made of fur is too sad to come downstairs today” (Cisneros, lines 5-6). The grandfather is getting old and his hair is getting soft. The old man is also sad. The same source says, “can’t come out to play sleeps in his little room all night and day who used to laugh like the letter k is sick is a doorknob tied to a sour stick is tired shut the door doesn’t live here anymore” (Cisneros, lines 10-16). The Abuelito is getting very tired everyday and he never comes out of his room making it seem like he no longer lives there. According to the poem, “asking who loves him who loves him who?” (Cisneros, lines 22-23). Abuelito’s granddaughter doesn’t realize, until the end, that the grandfather doesn’t know who loves him. You will now read about the similarities and differences between the poem and the