In the short story "Four Skinny Trees" the speaker uses an extended metaphor to compare herself with trees.The extended metaphor works to create a theme in the story because it explains how the speaker is poor and has bigger dreams than what she is now. The speaker, little Esperanza, was not born into a rich family. They live in a house that is inner city on mango street that is nothing to brag about. Near the sidewalk of the house there are four little trees that are planted right by the street.
“Four who do not belong here but are here.”
That is how Esperanza feels, she feels that she doesn’t belong in her horrid house, she feels she belongs to some place nicer and some place where she can help people, instead of needing help herself. She explains how if those trees can survive without much grass then she can survive without needing the best of everything.
I like your thesis, and how you made it consise by putting in 2 sentences
ReplyDeleteI think your theme for the most part is good, but I believe you can clarify a bit more by really pointing out that the theme it proves is "how the speaker is poor and has bigger dreams than what she is now."
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