Tortilla Sun Literary Analysis
In the story Tortilla Sun, the narrator and her mother have greatly different points of view than each other, creating tension in the story. For example, the contrasting points of view between the two characters’, and its influence on the story’s tension, is revealed when the narrator and her mother are confronted with a situation in which they have two very different responses to. Upon finding out that her research has been funded, the narrator’s mother has to go to Costa Rica for the summer, leaving her daughter, Izzy, with her grandmother. On the other hand, Izzy does not share the same opportunistic view on the situation as her mother does, and rather, is devastated. She feels her mother is being selfish, ignoring what she wants. Slowly,
she becomes negative and withdrawn, filled with a sense of hopelessness. The story reads, “Staring at the card, I wondered what should happen next. Maybe a daring escape and a sorceress could rescue her. When nothing came to me, I scratched out the word opportunity until it was a big blob of blue ink and tossed the card on the floor,” (Paragraph 38).
she becomes negative and withdrawn, filled with a sense of hopelessness. The story reads, “Staring at the card, I wondered what should happen next. Maybe a daring escape and a sorceress could rescue her. When nothing came to me, I scratched out the word opportunity until it was a big blob of blue ink and tossed the card on the floor,” (Paragraph 38).