Tortilla Sun Character Analysis

Has a parent ever been away on business? How did the house feel with out with? Lonely maybe even isolated. Did the remaining parent tried to bond with you? How did that feel? Probably awkward. In the stories Tortilla Sun by Jennifer Cervantes and Confetti Girl by Diana López this was the case. The main characters of each story have to deal with only having one parent. There are so used to the life that they have that they can’t adjust to the one that they presently have. This caused many issues. Though this seems like a tension filled prison for the character there really is something that the could do to solve the tension. In the two stories, Tortilla Sun by Jennifer Cervantes and Confetti Girl Diana López, the main characters and their parents

First, In the story the mother and daughter in the story conflicting views adds tension to the story. According to the text, “New Mexico is worlds away from California . . . That was half my life ago. She’s a stranger! . . . .Oh Izzy she's hardly a stranger. She’s family. I already have your ticket. You leave Monday” (parargraphs 24 and 25). Izzy’s mother is focused on getting her degree and this requires sending her daughter to New Mexico which causes family disrupt. Though her mother may think that she is doing what is best for daughter she is actually hurting her. Her daughter, Izzy, on the other hand believes that her mother is selfish and is only thinking of herself. It bother her because her mother is so nonchalant and acts like her daughter doesn’t matter, but in reality he mother is probably doing this for her daughter. Second, the clashing of views of the mother and daughter cause tension because they misinterpreted each other. According to the text, “Opportunity? For me? Or for you? . . . I burrowed my head under the pillow with the baseball. A tiny part of me felt guilty for stealing it, but it belonged to my dad and that made it special to me. “ (Paragraphs 34 and 46). The tension is the story is caused by the mother in the story doing something that displeases the narrator, which is her mother getting her

Was the tension lifted? Did life go back to the way it was before. Sometimes when family members are absent life can become twisted. There is an expectation for that remaining guardian to replace the missing person and do what they did, so your life can run as normal. But sometimes people can’t do that because they are not that person. Once you learn to understand and accept your remaining guardians abilities and shortcomings. This was demonstrated by both characters with their remaining characters. To end, In the two stories Tortilla Sun by Jennifer Cervantes and Confetti Girl Diana López, the main characters and their parents have conflicting views these views cause tension because they fail to understand their parents effort, how they are trying to cope, and trying their