This means that like the tree the child is a tiny being against a large world that he does not understand.
The author of "Four Skinny Trees" is Sandra Cisneros. In the story the narrator personifies trees to represent herself. The narrator describes the trees as if she was describing herself. In the story she describes the trees as four skinny trees that have skinny elbows like her. The narrator can see the trees from outside her bedroom window that she shares with her sister, who does not care about the trees, in the city. The narrator uses the word "keep" in the story to mean survive. By the end of the story the narrator feels reassured.
they use their necks to get leaves from trees
Why do giraffe's have long necks? one fact they have long necks to reach high food from trees. 2. They use there long necks to fight, to see who get to get the female giraffe
they are pointy and green...like a pine needle?
long necks to get leaves from tall trees
Leaves on trees. That is why their necks are so long and why they have long longues.
Because of food which is high at trees..
To eat leaves off of trees.
so they can reach leaves from trees its hard if they were short and there necks to
One example of personification in "The House on Mango Street" is when Esperanza describes the four skinny trees as “unclenched fists” reaching for the sky.
Look for crooked fence posts, or trees that have elbows (i.e.- are bent)
giraffes have long necks to reach the leaves of tall trees