Part one of term paper
The irony of life is that as you grow older you want to experience your youth again, while at the time you are young all you want is to be older. In "" by Sandra Cisneros, Rachel is only years old, yet she would rather be one hundred and two. She feels that the old age will give her the respect and wisdom to be able to stand up for herself. ...

Part two of term paper
... her story in the first-person point of view, letting the reader witness firsthand Rachel’s predicament. By having Rachel recount her birthday rather than a narrator tell the story in the third-person point of view, the reader gets to witness everything Rachel feels during the course of her day. We are able to see Rachel’s thoughts as she ponders why when you turn , you do not feel , but rather all the previous years together "like pennies in a tin Band-Aid box." The embarrassment ...