In “The Moths,” the narrator’s struggle with identity and religion allows her to embrace an unconventional approach to life. Her beloved abuelita (grandmother), Mama Luna, encourages her to explore nondenominational religiosity; one that is not bound by tradition or appearances but nature and the “rebirth” of living things (Viramontes 36). Written from a reminiscent perspective, Viramontes uses non-sequential storytelling, imagery, allusion, and personification to enlighten the reader on the duality of religious practices and the hypocrisy of its moral teachings. On abuelita’s porch, she gives the narrator’s “Bull Hands” purpose and vegetable scraps a new life (32). Abuelita teaches her to appreciate all forms of life through the mending of