Comparing Abuela Invents The Zero 'And Mother To Son'

Think about your favorite book characters. Do they all value something? Every book has a character that values something. In the story “Abuela invents the zero”, the main character values herself and her free time to herself. And in the poem” Mother to son”, the mom values her son’s future in life. In both the stories, Abuela invents the zero and Mother to son” the author have the main characters experience important life values they will never forget. In the story “abuela invents the zero”, constancia values herself and her free time way more than her family and culture. In the story, she ends up making her grandmother feel like a zero, a nothing. This is what later changes Constancias values. In the short poem” mother to son”, the mother values her son's future and life. She tells him about her life and what a challenge it was and still is. She refers to her life as not being a crystal stair. In the poem home, there are many clues of what the mother's personal values are. In the text it states the mother saying “ so boy don’t you turn back”. She is motivating the boy to keep going. She really cares for the boy and she wants him to keep going. An example in the text of how the
She does not to be next to her grandmother, stated in paragraph for “ i plan to stay very busy the whole time she’s with us so I won't be asked to take her anywhere.” and the way she explains her grandmother makes it seem like she doesn’t want to be around her as well. Like in paragraph 11 when it explains “ the sight of her little head with a bun on top of it sticking out of that huge coat makes me want to run back into my room and get underneath the covers. I just hope no one sees us together.” this a great explanation of who Constancis feels about her grandmother. She feels embarrassed. She later on is sent to her room to think about what she has done and how she made her grandmother