Analysis Of Judith Ortiz Cofer's Abuela Invents The Zero

In the short story, “Abuela Invents the Zero” by Judith Ortiz Cofer, Constancia decides to save herself, and her reputation, from humiliation and embarrassment and not help her grandmother when she is lost at church. When her grandmother gets lost, Constancia states, “I am so embarrassed that ...I just can’t move to go get her” (Ortiz Cofer para. 14). Constancia doesn’t help her grandmother because she is too “embarrassed.” Constancia already has negative feelings toward her grandmother, believing that she is “ridiculous” and “bizarre.” She feels that being seen with her is going to ruin her reputation or make her seem weird also. Constancia declares, "I just know that on Monday my friends, and my enemies, in the barrio will have a lot of senile

Aretha Franklin sings “Everybody needs a little respect”. No matter our race, religion, gender, or origin, we need to treat everyone with respect and kindness. When we treat our coworkers and others respectfully, we need to listen to what others say before expressing your view, never insult, criticize, belittle, or judge; be aware of your body language and the tone of your voice, and lastly, be a role model for respect.

Respect is something as simple as treating everyone equally regardless of age, colour, weight, beliefs, gender, sexual orientation and so on. If Irene is respected, she will feel more comfortable in her environment and less stressed (Gallagher, 2007).

Have you ever feel so worthless, like you were nothing? Everyone must have feel hurt because of others’ words and actions, no matter how tough they are. Judith Ortiz Cofer expressed her hurt feelings through her story, “Abuela Invents the Zero”. “Abuela Invents the Zero” is a story about respect and treat others like you want to be treated. Ortiz Cofer presents this theme by explaining how Connie; the main character in the story; made her grandmother felt worthless, Connie’s embarrassment towards Abuela, and the impacts of mistreating someone.

Everyone wants to be respected. It’s in our nature, but in order to obtain respect, first of all one has to respect oneself. Second, one has to show respect to others in order to gain respect from them. If one doesn’t show respect to someone, that person may often feel blown off and lose respect for you. Respect in my eyes is like a math equation loyalty plus duty equals respect. respect is gained in conducting ones self in a way that others can stand

modern times, this level of respect seems to be rarely visible in most parts of our society. Personally, I

“I ignore her when she gets up with hundred other people to go take communion.” It means that Connie doesn’t care about her. Connie pretends that Abuela’s not her relative (her grandmother). Cofer writes, “…I just can’t move to go get her…I would like her to disappear.” Connie wants Abuela to not exist, she doesn’t want to be her granddaughter.

In page 8, if it wasn’t for the old woman whose existence you don’t seem to value, you and I would not be here.” Connie’s mother uses a Universal philosophy to change Connie ‘s perception: if there is no the generation before, there will not this generation. Moreover, the mother was trying to tell Connie to be thankful to Abuela because even though Abuela is kind of “trouble”, but she is still the one who made Connie and her mother’s existence. Another example is in page 7, “Your grandmother says to tell you that all the hurtful things you can do to a person, the worst is to make them feel as if they are worth nothing.” It shows how bad Abuela’s feeling was hurt by Connie’s pride, embarrassment, which is an opposite example that support Family is more important than pride. Furthermore, in the mother’s eyes, Connie did the most harmful things to Abuela just because Connie’s embarrassment. As a result, the mother gave out two big philosophy trying to change the way Connie thinks about

Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth. ― Muhammad Ali. Being successful doesn't make you great, but helping other does. In the fictional story, “Abuela Invents the Zero,” by Judith Ortiz Cofer illustrates the idea of helping and caring others through the story of Constancia(Connie) and Abuela(Grandmother). In a brief overview, Abuela comes from Puerto Rico to visit her family for the first time to the U.S.. Abuela decides to go to the church this Sunday while deciding to take Connie with her. While in the church, Abuela gets lost and Connie fells humiliates by the way she acts in the church, but later learns but later learns from her mother the importance of her Abuela and the impact she had on her life and that you should highly respect and help others when in need of help because if it wasn't for them she wouldn’t be there.

I believe many of the basic fundamentals of human service, such as confidentiality, empathy, and even antonym, can fall under the umbrella of respect. If I truly respect, another I will not try to force my own agenda, and if I truly respect another, I will keep in confidence the information they have shared. I believe that respect is a right that should be granted to everyone without limitations, however, respect doesn’t require agreement or even acceptance. I have developed the ability to respect the views of others without conforming, which for me is a true sign of personal growth. The last two years has taught me that I can find validation without conformity, and that I can respect and even admire the diversity of

Paragraph 2: "Littel Women" is just one example of many for why the reward of feeling happy and benefiting is the driving force for people to make an action. In "Abuela Invents The Zero" by Cofer, Judith-Ortiz, unlike the "Littel Women " Constancia chooses to not aid someone in need. Constancia was " [s]o... embarrassed that even though the woman next to"(Judith-Ortiz para 14) her, " [w]...as shooting daggers"(Judith-Ortiz para 14) at her with her eyes, she would not help her Abuela. Constancia subconscious already knows she'll not feel good helping her grandmother because she'll just be more embarrassing. Connie decided not to help her grandmother because she doesn't benefit or feel comfortable about it.

The most important factor in why people choose to do something is personal experience. If a person has an experience, whether it is good or bad, they will understand what the other person is going through and try to help them.

“An hour with Abuelo” by Judith Ortiz Cofer illustrates the theme that time is precious, use it wisely. Throughout the story, Arturo’s thought of mind changes about how he uses his precious time with his soon to die abuelo. In the beginning, Arturo is kind of rude toward abuelo. He is all worried about the time he “has” to spend with him instead of how he should be using that time. Since his abuelo “doesn’t have too long to go” (Judith Ortiz Cofer 592), he should be using his time with him more wisely.

Everybody should have respect. A good example of respect is saying yes ma’am. A second example of respect is saying yes sir. A third example of respect, is listening to adults when they say something to

When a child is growing up, the first thing he is taught is to respect his parents, teachers, and elders. He is being taught about moral principles, in other words, ethics. Although, respect doesn’t reach only the three-said people. Respect is unlimited, and it extends to every single person you meet, in school or work place, or even outside. It could be extended from a president to a homeless person. When a person respects the other, whether he/she is lower or higher in level than the person, it proves that this person has good morals. For example, imagine a scenario where a salesman is dealing with an elderly woman who does not understand or hear well, and the salesman has been forced to repeat his words louder so that the poor old woman could hear the salesman. He becomes agitated and frustrated, so he decided to yell at her and leave her in the middle of the store. This is an unethical behavior of him, what would be called ethical is either, had he been patient and respected the woman, or he had politely excused himself to call another salesperson to handle the