With the Italian boy also being rich, the narrator also sees it as a barrier because she is not rich, making her totally out of reach. Secondly, through the use of indirect characterization, her physical body illustrates how she is self-conscious. As she was in her room thinking to herself about her love, she says “He could not see me because I was just a skinny Puerto Rican girl … my heart knocked against my bony chest” (Cofer, 184). This quote displays how the narrator is self-conscious because throughout the short story the narrator criticizes herself on her physical body. As she says that “He could not see [her]” because she was skinny, she feels that being skinny is not appealing to society or to make one noticeable in society making her self-conscious. The narrator also describes herself in a way that makes the narrator insecure and self-conscious about oneself. Lastly, direct characterization also portrays how the narrator is self-conscious through her
With the Italian boy also being rich, the narrator also sees it as a barrier because she is not rich, making her totally out of reach. Secondly, through the use of indirect characterization, her physical body illustrates how she is self-conscious. As she was in her room thinking to herself about her love, she says “He could not see me because I was just a skinny Puerto Rican girl … my heart knocked against my bony chest” (Cofer, 184). This quote displays how the narrator is self-conscious because throughout the short story the narrator criticizes herself on her physical body. As she says that “He could not see [her]” because she was skinny, she feels that being skinny is not appealing to society or to make one noticeable in society making her self-conscious. The narrator also describes herself in a way that makes the narrator insecure and self-conscious about oneself. Lastly, direct characterization also portrays how the narrator is self-conscious through her