The Moths Themes
Family
The family in "The Moths" puts the fun in dysfunctional. These people insult, hit, threaten, and accuse one another—well, within the narrator's immediate family that is. Her relationship with Abu...
Violence
Put up your dukes, Shmoopers, because "The Moths" packs quite a punch. The narrator herself is quite the fighter, fashioning homemade weapons to use on her sisters when they tease her, meeting thei...
Appearances
Appearances can be… devastating. (You thought we were going to say deceiving, didn't you?) At least this is the case in "The Moths." In this short story, the narrator's appearance is the cause fo...
Mortality
Spoiler alert: Abuelita dies. In fact, it's kind of the whole point of "The Moths." The narrator protagonist must deal with her grandmother's death—like, literally. She's the one who takes care o...