Summary Of At The Straw On The Ground

at the straw on the ground” (174). The evidence points out that Estrella is looking down at shattered glass from the lantern and she imagines fire consuming the barn. Estrella recalls an earlier passage from a religious tract where “tongues of fire” represent the Holy Spirit (31). Viramontes' description features both the beauty and danger of such fire. The blaze is "golden," but "dangerous" (174). This religious fire signifies Estrella's empowerment and transformation; she has become her own Holy Spirit or God or Jesus. Instead of looking to religion, Estrella relies on herself and her quantity for action. The fire brightens her newfound spiritual strength. The feminist theory and criticism, Groden writes, “Women’s experience as encountered

The experience women have encountered in the novel and how things were in the 1970s it was focus in the second wave in the United States and Britain. The way women were viewed in the novel, how Estrella views the world and her mother’s views. Leads back to Estrella believing in herself and following her dreams. For Petra, religion is important to her because that is what she values and hoped Estrella would feel the same way. But Petra learns that she cannot forced her beliefs and values on Estrella because it is up to Estrella on what she wants to do in life. Estrella learns that although she respects her mother her beliefs on God are different to what she thinks, and Estrella decides to believe in herself. The end phase of Petra and Estrella’s relationship helped me realized how much they value each other and their impacts of their actions that made them what they

Towards the end of the novel, we see Estrella and Petra’s relationship straining because Estrella is growing up and Petra is worried that her little girl is growing up too fast. Her relationship with her mother represents the power that Petra has over her daughter. The relationship between them is complicated but no other less they love each other. For instance, “Unborn children lurking in their bodies were in danger of having their lips bitten just like the hare on the moon if nothing was done to protect. Is that what you want, the mother yelled, a child born sin labios? Without a mouth?” (Viramontes 69). Essentially the evidence points out that Estrella’s mother, Petra, is telling Estrella that unborn babies who are rooming around are in danger of having their lips bitten and will have no lips. The protection they need is gone because she wants Estrella inside safely than being outside where anything can happen to her. Petra worries for her daughter, Estrella, because she wants her to listen to her and does what she says. Also, that she loves Estrella very much and doesn’t want anything happening to her. Now she knows that she cannot protect Estrella from anything and wishing for her to believe in Jesus would help her in her time in need, to have faith, but Petra knows its impossible. For Estrella, the form of god is something else instead Jesus itself but believe in herself of the