The Monkey Garden - 680 Words

The Monkey Garden nbsp; The Monkey Garden by Sandra Cisneros tells the story of a young girl’s loss of childhood innocence. The story is narrated by a mature woman remembering her initiation into adolescence through the images and events that occurred in an unused neighborhood lot. She is not ready to mature into adolescence and uses her imagination to transform the lot into a fantasy garden--a place where she can hide from the adult world. The garden is the vehicle in which the narrator reveals her reluctance to leave behind the imaginary world of childhood and see the realities of the adult world. The evidence supporting this interpretation is the imagery of hiding. The narrator uses the garden to hide from reality and the†¦show more content†¦Objects in the garden that reflect the reality of the lot and not the fantasy of the garden are not transformed into bigger than life images, but silent, unseeing objects. Abandoned cars, weeds, and rotting wood close their eyes and sleep. Sleeping, these objects are hidden, unable to see themselves or others in the garden. â€Å" worms blind and afraid of the light† and â€Å" spiders† hide under the surface of the garden, unable to see the reality of the lot (paragraph 4). The narrator believes she, too, can hide from reality in the garden. â€Å" had a way of disappearing in the garden, as if the garden itself ate them, or, as if with its old-man memory, it put them away and forgot them† (paragraph 5). That is what she wanted from the garden, to be hidden or forgotten, as a child, â€Å" a thousand years† like the â€Å" of murdered pirates and dinosaurs† buried in the garden (paragraph 7). The friends of the narrator, however, do not hide in the imaginary world of childhood and are maturing into adolescents. Sally, â€Å" screamed if she got her stockings muddy,† felt they were too old to â€Å" the games† (paragraph 9). Sally stayed by the curb and talked to the boys (paragraph 10). 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