The Narrator Timeline and Summary

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The 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.