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Comparison Between Confetti Girl And Tortilla Sun

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Logan Miller
Mrs. Workman
8th Grade Language Arts
Mar 7, 2023
Tension Exists in “Confetti Girl,” and, “Tortilla Sun.”

Parents and children sometimes don’t see eye to eye. In the passage, “Confetti Girl,” the story is about a girl who is looking for connection with her father. In the story, “Tortilla Sun,” the narrator and her mother have different views on the mom continuing her studies in Costa Rica. Both passages, “Confetti Girl,” and, “Tortilla Sun,” the narrators and their parents each have different point of views on their corresponding situations; therefore, these differences cause tension between characters. Parents and children do not always tend to understand each other, and this creates tension between them. In the passage, “Confetti …show more content…

In the passage, “Tortilla Sun,” Izzy is upset with her mother for leaving to finish her studies in Costa Rica. When Izzy is presented with her mother leaving, Izzy finds out that she is moving to New Mexico with her grandmother and she doesn’t want to go. In paragraph 24 of, “Tortilla Sun,” the text reads, “‘New Mexico is worlds away from California. And what am I going to do for two whole months with someone I haven’t seen since I was six? That was half my life ago. She’s a stranger!’ I felt a sudden urge to bolt for the front door and run.” The text allows us to infer that she doesn’t like having to leave to go to New Mexico. Children will sometimes have minor, or major conflict with one another, and it builds tension between …show more content…

In both, “Confetti Girl,” and, “Tortilla Sun,” the passages are about children having conflicts with their parents. An example from, “Confetti Girl,” having a conflict with their parents is when the narrator is eating dinner with her dad and getting sarcastic with him when he brings up English. An example of child-parent conflict in, “Tortilla Sun,” is when Izzy finds out she's going to New Mexico with her grandmother for two months so her mom can finish her studies in Costa Rica. These pieces of evidence are key details when it comes to connecting them together in similarities and differences; however, these passages will both always have at least one similarity that connects them, and that being that they both have a conflict with one parent. The tension in stories is built up by minor or major conflicts between the characters as they develop more into the

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One way showing how they’re similar is the smaller subject of family separation and how it affects the children. This is related to the thesis because the authors mention the subject of family separation in twain of the texts. Another example of a similarity between the two texts is how they focus on making decisions that are best for the children, and not necessarily for themselves. This relates to the thesis because the authors both have their mindset based on the children and what’s best for them, which shows the author 's perspective on this matter. The final example of a similarity between the texts is how the two texts are based off real-life events.

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There is also a connection between these two since the author in both sections often says how much she misses other people in her family whom she left behind in Mexico, especially her mom who is supposedly considered as careless. The difference between these two excerpts, however, is that the author faces near-death experiences in the first one, whereas the second one is more peaceful and optimistic overall. This is evident from the change in author's use of tone. For example, the writer utilizes words such as "jeopardy" and "darkness" at first, then this switches to words such as "happy" and "perfect" after their crossing. The parts of the narrative that is presented in scenes are where her family attempts to cross the border and where her family goes to beach.

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Also, the passages of both texts are quite similar due to their parents' faith and belief in their children. As in Avery's Gift”, her father was the one “who convinced her to try” composing a song (Balaban, 8). For instance, in “Chicken of the Sea Is So Wacky-Of Course It Was Created by Kids” when Ellison’s dad described Ellison's creativity as the “capacity to think beyond” conventions that most adults do not accumulate easily. (Balaban, 10).

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From my perspective, I believe that both stories show us that no matter what bad situation you are in there is always a solution to be happy. I can see love, respect and strong woman the authors is talking about, that they choose to give a better life to their kids. The similarities that I have found in these two stories are basically the love of a mother towards their children and teach them that even if you love someone and that person is hurting you, you need to move on to provide a better life.

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This suggests that her dad is a single parent and he doesn't understand change. In contrast, in Tortilla’s Sun in paragraph 18 it states that the daughter has to move to New Mexico for the summer while the mom finishes school. In paragraph 46 she gets upset and storms to her room and she gets her dads baseball and this means that she misses him and needs him. In the story the Confetti Girl the main point

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