The Narrator Timeline and Summary
MoreThe Narrator Timeline and Summary
- Amá asks the narrator to help Abuelita, who is dying.
- She cares for Abuelita, and goes to the market.
- On her way, she stops in a chapel for a while.
- At Jay's Market the narrator buys some soup, alcohol, and Pine Sol.
- Back at Abuelita's, the narrator tells her mom that Abuelita fell out of bed twice, which makes her cry.
- While she heats up soup for her grandmother, Abuelita dies.
- The narrator cleans her grandmother's room and body, and then carries her to the bathroom.
- She gets into the tub with her grandmother, and moths come out of the grandmother's mouth.