Wednesday, January 12, 2011

“The Grandfather” Three Meanings of the Tree Paragraph

The symbolic item in “The Grandfather” By Gary Soto is the avocado tree.
The avocado tree represents the grandfather’s family. The narrator represents the tree as the grandfather. The grandfather worked hard and took care of his family. Each branch represents a family member. Each avocado that grew represented a new member to the family. ‘‘It grew, as did my family”. Families are like trees in many different ways. The all stick together and grow as a family. The storm may always try to knock the tree down but in the end it will continue to stand. A branch may fall off but a new one will always grow back.

5 comments:

  1. Nice work Gennona, I like how you put a quote from the text.

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  2. I really like the idea of putting in a quote from the story, I really think that was a good idea. Good job Genonna.

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  3. Good job Genonna keeping you blog updated it looks great.

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