Abuelito Who Analysis
“Grandchildren love and respect their grandparents” is the universal theme articulated in numerous art forms, including the folk tale “The Old Grandfather and His Little Grandson” and the poem “Abuelito Who.” Universal themes, making an appearance in various sorts of literature, are the messages and morals of life that have been handed down from generation to generation, because they are messages that can be understood by every person throughout all of history. Some universal themes can be strenuous to perceive, however in these works, that is not the case. Whilst, the poem by Sandra Cisneros and the Russian folk tale retold by Leo Tolstoy share the same message and a few other similarities, they also have a moderate amount differences. The
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The readers of these pieces customarily find a grandfather that is old and sick, but their grandchildren love them. This is one connection between the literature, as it describes in the folk tale, “The grandfather had become very old,” (Tolstoy, line 1) and in the poem “is sick …” (Cisneros, line 13). These additionally state that the children have fondness and reverence for their grandfathers. The evidence is in lines 7-8 and 22-23 in “Abuelito Who” and lines 16-17 in “The Old Grandfather and His Little Grandson.” Lines 7-8 limpidly tell the reader that the grandfather and the grandchild share the feeling of admiration towards each other, “who tells me in Spanish you are my diamond/ who tells me in English you …show more content…
On the one hand, “The Old Grandfather and His Little Grandson” is a folk tale and folk tales are commonly said aloud to an audience, even though this is not the case for this particular tale. In this case, the folk tale is written in the form of a short story. While this is told in the third person point of view, the poem “Abuelito Who” is told in the first person. Poems normally have a rhyme scheme and use figurative language. This is true for Sandra Cisneros’ “Abuelito Who,” although this poem does not use full sentences like some other poems. The author chose the speaker’s words wisely, because the speaker is the grandchild and the poem is written like a child wrote it. The genres and styles of “The Old Grandfather and His Little Grandson” and “Abuelito Who” are exceedingly diverse as shown throughout each
The readers of these pieces customarily find a grandfather that is old and sick, but their grandchildren love them. This is one connection between the literature, as it describes in the folk tale, “The grandfather had become very old,” (Tolstoy, line 1) and in the poem “is sick …” (Cisneros, line 13). These additionally state that the children have fondness and reverence for their grandfathers. The evidence is in lines 7-8 and 22-23 in “Abuelito Who” and lines 16-17 in “The Old Grandfather and His Little Grandson.” Lines 7-8 limpidly tell the reader that the grandfather and the grandchild share the feeling of admiration towards each other, “who tells me in Spanish you are my diamond/ who tells me in English you …show more content…
On the one hand, “The Old Grandfather and His Little Grandson” is a folk tale and folk tales are commonly said aloud to an audience, even though this is not the case for this particular tale. In this case, the folk tale is written in the form of a short story. While this is told in the third person point of view, the poem “Abuelito Who” is told in the first person. Poems normally have a rhyme scheme and use figurative language. This is true for Sandra Cisneros’ “Abuelito Who,” although this poem does not use full sentences like some other poems. The author chose the speaker’s words wisely, because the speaker is the grandchild and the poem is written like a child wrote it. The genres and styles of “The Old Grandfather and His Little Grandson” and “Abuelito Who” are exceedingly diverse as shown throughout each