Have you ever wondered why people view the same things in many contrasting ways? This is because of point of view. Everyone sees the same things but think about them very differently. Different points of view are all over the world. All types of people can have distinctive points of view on anything imaginable. Tension created by different points of view is visible in both the real world and literature. Tension made from different points of view can result in plenty of varied outcomes. It can be seen in the stories Confetti Girl by Diana Lopez and Tortilla Sun by Jennifer Cervantes, the main characters have different points of view than their parent, thus generating tension. It is easy to see, in Confetti Girl, the narrator’s point of …show more content…
A similar problem can also be identified in the piece, Tortilla Sun. Just like in the previous story, one parent is absent from Izzy’s (the main character) family, and this time it’s the father. Since then, she and her mother have frequently moved from place to place, preventing her from making any friends, and bonding with her mother more difficult. As a result, the mother sees that her daughter is lonely because of what environment she has created for her, and then decides that it’s best that her daughter should stay with her grandmother so that she does not feel alone, while she fixes her situation by finishing school. However, Izzy takes her mother’s approach to the problem in a negative sense and thinks that it’s better if her mother should just let her stay and things will be better, rather than staying with her grandmother, which she envisions as a horrible solution and disagrees with her mother’s plan. Therefore, the tension between the characters emerges. For example, in paragraph 15 and 16 the mother states, “ ‘... Our lives will change then’... ‘For the better’... I rolled those words around in my mind: for the better.” Even though her mother thinks her decision will benefit the family, her daughter, however, does not see eye to eye with her mother, and cannot really see what’s so beneficial about her mother’s choice, therefore, she disagrees, which allows the tension to rise. Additionally, the tension can be seen earlier in the story in paragraph 9, when her mother announces, “...She folded her arms across her waist. ‘I’m going to Costa Rica to finish my research.’” Clearly, considering the situation the characters are in, the decision of Izzy’s mother to go to Costa Rica without telling her until now completely throws her off and frustrates her to think that her mother would do such a thing. It leaves her to worry and question if she will go with her mother
31 percent of children under 18 only live with one parent in America today. In Confetti Girl and Tortilla Sun, both kids are living with a single parent. In both stories, the parent and their kid do not understand each other's wants and needs. The parents both push interests on their kids and make decisions for them. This is most likely due t their lack of communication. In the stories Confetti Girl and Tortilla Sun, the authors use different points of view to create tension between the single parent and their kid when they are trying to connect.
Two dominant characters in the narrative, Norman and Jennifer, are a newlywed couple and the rigidity among them is discernible throughout the story, for example: "Jennifer shook her finger at him [Norman]...'Don't move for the rest of the night. Got it?'" This quote clearly displays acrimony between the two and it is quite normal for a husband and wife to argue since they are still getting to know
Conflict between the main characters in fictional stories can be so thick, you need a razor-sharp knife to cut it; that is definitely the case in the two literary texts I recently analyzed titled “Confetti Girl” by Diana Lopez and “Tortilla Sun” by Jennifer Cervantes. In the first text, tensions mount when a social butterfly of a teenage girl and her oblivious father lock horns over the subject of homework. In the second passage, drama runs high when a lonely child and her career-driven mother battle over the concept of spending the summer apart. Unfortunately, by the end of both excerpts, the relationships of these characters seem damaged beyond repair due to their differing points of view - the children end up locked behind their barrier-like
Not every teenage girl or teenager gets along with their parents. Everyone sees things in different way. the difference in the point of view provokes the narrator's response, because they both see in a different view that they think their parents is selfish and neglecting or don't care about them but really their parents are helping them.
Could you imagine what your home life would be like if you and your parents didn’t agree on anything? There would be constant fighting and tension would be everywhere. This is the case of two young girls in the stories “Confetti Girl” and “Tortilla Sun”. The narrators in these stories are the young girls, and they don’t agree with their parent on very important topics in these stories. Because the narrator and their parent don’t have the same point of view in these stories, tension builds up. In, “Confetti Girl”, the narrator disagrees with her father and questions how much he cares about her and in “Tortilla Girl”, the narrator questions if her mother was taking her into account of her new plans. Tension is shown to be caused in the
“I wish you weren’t my parent!” A phrase often said to parents when their children are upset. In “Tortilla Sun” written by Jennifer Cervantes, and “Confetti Girl” written by Diana Lopez, the same type of frustration arises. “Tortilla Sun” involves a girl and her mother in an argument. The girl’s mother decides to pursue her education and needs to leaves her daughter at her grandma’s house. “Confetti Girl” is similar; the main conflict is a daughter missing her mother, and her father not being able to bond with her. Because of the divergent mindsets of both parents and their children, awkward and tense situations cause conflicts in both short stories.
The essay "A New Perspective" by Janice E. Fein and the short story "All the Years of Her Life" by Morley Callaghan have some similarities and differences with mother and child relationships. Both authors show a shift of attitude in the end of the written pieces.
Sometimes, parents and children do not see eye to eye on every issue. In the passage from Confetti Girl and Tortilla Sun, the narrators have points of view that are different from those of their parents. In Confetti Girl, the father and daughter have different views on English class, which leads to tension. In Tortilla Sun, the daughter and mother have different judgement on the mother going to Costa Rica. In both passages, the children and parents have their own separate opinions on topics because they have grown up in different times.
Point of view is one of the single greatest assets an author can use. It helps to move the plot along and show what is happening from a character’s perspective. An author can make the plot more complex by introducing several characters that the reader has to view events through. The events can then be seen through different eyes and mindsets forcing the reader to view the character in a different light. From one perspective a character can seem cruel, yet, from another, the same character can seem like a hero. These vastly contrasting views can be influenced based on the point of view, a character’s background, and the emotions towards them. The novel Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich showcases some examples of events seen from different points
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By doing this, the child would save her parent’s from years of heartache and regret but would ultimately lead to the end of her own existence. Although if she chooses not to tell her parent’s the whole family will face inevitable sadness, hatred and despair. One example of conflict shows the thought process and the strain the child is experiencing, “I want to go up to them and say Stop…but I don’t do it. I want to live.” (Olds). This is a strong example of internal conflict, which is described as “the psychological struggle within the mind of a literary or dramatic character, the resolution of which creates the plot 's suspense” ("Internal Conflict"). The poet chose to use internal conflict to show and emphasize the emotional distress and emotional fight she is experiencing with deciding her parent’s and her own
In the story “Two Kinds”, the author, Amy Tan, intends to make reader think of the meaning behind the story. She doesn’t speak out as an analyzer to illustrate what is the real problem between her and her mother. Instead, she uses her own point of view as a narrator to state what she has experienced and what she feels in her mind all along the story. She has not judged what is right or wrong based on her opinion. Instead of giving instruction of how to solve a family issue, the author chooses to write a narrative diary containing her true feeling toward events during her childhood, which offers reader not only a clear account, but insight on how the narrator feels frustrated due to failing her mother’s expectations which leads to a large conflict between the narrator and her mother.
The author uses imagery, contrasting diction, tones, and symbols in the poem to show two very different sides of the parent-child relationship. The poem’s theme is that even though parents and teenagers may have their disagreements, there is still an underlying love that binds the family together and helps them bridge their gap that is between them.
Flannery O’Connor’s “Everything That Rises Must Converge” is a short story that centers around the irony created through the twisted and volatile relationship between a young man, Julian, and his mother. The story deals with an intense element of hypocrisy and conceit within this relationship, and uses the tension to explore conflicting social perspectives. The point of view in a story is the vantage point from which a writer tells that story. O’Connor employs a specific point of view throughout the story to better convey its central idea to the reader and the purpose of this paper will be to explore that notion.
Together, is seems as if tension dominates resolution. Resolution can be established at a minor degree, but tension and opposition of ideas plays an initial and grand role in the entertainment of the poem.