Problem
A. In "My Wicked Wicked Ways," how does the narrator's perspective as an adult describing a photograph allow her to reflect on how life has changed?
B. Why would the narrator tell the reader that her mother was "not crying" (line 13) in the photograph?
C. In "Barbie-Q." Cisneros' narrator is a child and speaking from a child's perspective. How is the narrative perspective in this short-short story different from a reflective coming of age narrative, like Adichie's "Apollo"?
D. What are some clues to just how important Barbies are to the narrator? What does this importance reflect about the narrator's living situation? How does the author relate the disfigured Barbies to class or economic standing?