Loss Of Innocence In When You Re Six, Nice Rodriguez

I argue that in When You’re Six, Nice Rodriguez expresses the rage of the loss of innocence, deprivation of basic rights and emotion struggle a six-year old girl goes through, for being a butch, by using the pronoun, you in telling the story to make readers personalize it. In the very beginning, the character is represented as an abnormal six year child who knows is a butch and should act and react unique. As illustrated, butches are expected to be fearless, emotionless, strong, girls when a girl behavior is due, and boys when a boy character is expected. For example, the butch gets bitten by a cat and wonders if she should tell her mom, but decides to not tell her because in this case her mom expects her to be a nice girl who stays home and