In “Abuela Invents the Zero”, by Judith Ortiz Cofer, it is portrayed that Constancia made her decision so she would fit in and wouldn't be made fun of. For example, when Constancia knew that her friends saw her with her Abuela in the church, she thought, "I just know that on Monday my friends will have a lot of senile -grandmother jokes to tell in front of me" (Ortiz-Cofer para 14#). Constancia is already picturing her friends making fun of her. Her thinking
In “Abuela Invents the Zero”, by Judith Ortiz Cofer, it is portrayed that Constancia made her decision so she would fit in and wouldn't be made fun of. For example, when Constancia knew that her friends saw her with her Abuela in the church, she thought, "I just know that on Monday my friends will have a lot of senile -grandmother jokes to tell in front of me" (Ortiz-Cofer para 14#). Constancia is already picturing her friends making fun of her. Her thinking