Coming of Age of “The Monkey Garden”
The “Coming of Age” is an arduous problem that everyone has to face whether they like it or not. The “Coming of Age” is the challenging transition from childhood to adulthood. It is vital because everyone will be treated inferior until they accept it. Sandra Cisneros is the author of “The Monkey Garden.” The narrator metamorphosizes to the “Coming of Age” by accepting the complexities and “grayness” of the world. The narrator goes through an intriguing process that leads to the toleration of the astringency of the world.
At the beginning of the memoir, Sandra (in some points of view) is immature and doesn’t realize or accept the horrendous complexities of the world. “ I don’t know why, but something inside me wanted to throw a stick… A kiss for each one. So what, she said.”(Cisneros 97) She really hasn’t accepted “Coming of Age” yet. The boys represented the cruel realities of the world because they were the things that she wasn’t okay with. Her friend Sally was fine with the appalling truths of the world. Sandra didn’t give” a thumbs up” because she, at this point, didn’t “succumb” to the horrors of the world.
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She has both accepted and realized “Coming of Age.” She gets over her depression and her opinion of the world dramatically decreases. “ I looked at my feet in their white socks and ugly round shoes. They seemed far away… And, the garden, that had been such a good place to play didn’t seem mine anymore.” ( Cisneros 98). When she said the garden wasn’t a good place anymore she meant the world wasn’t perfect anymore and the world wasn't as beautiful as she once thought. She finally realizes the tantalizing truth of the world: that the world is misconstrued and not