There are some events on people’s lives that make an impact in them and change their perspective of the world. It can be something full of happiness like a graduation or a wedding, but it can also be something tragic and overwhelming such as the death of a family member. The Moths is a story written by Helena Maria Viramontes. In this story, the narrator is a little girl who has suffered a lot in her life. She suffers an unidentified disease on her hands and her grandmother provides her with comfort and helps her feel better. The story ends with the death of her grandmother. The author develops the personality of the protagonist through the story. At first, she doesn’t feel any relationship with her family members except with her grandmother, but by the end of the story there is a feeling that the girl has changed. …show more content…
The problem that she has on her hands has made her a target and people often make fun of her. “ While my sisters laughed and called me bull hands..So I began keeping a piece of jagged brick in my sock to bash my sisters or anyone who called me bull hands” ( Viramontes 1177)She had to develop a strong personality to be able to stand up for herself against the others, but this has made her emotionally weak. She does not feel close to anybody besides her grandmother. Her grandmother helped her a lot through her life. She made her feel better about herself and when she dies her whole world falls apart, but at the same time this makes her understand everything in a different