Summary Of The Monkey Garden By Sandras Cisneros

When a child transitions from his/her childhood to adulthood, he/she undergoes many changes. Some of these changes are liked, for example freedom, trust, etc. Others are hated, like indepence, responsibility, etc. These changes are represented in The Monkey Garden by Sandras Cisneros. In the story, a family with a money move and this allows the monkey garden to open up to the children of the neighborhood resulting in many child and adult activities taking place. The monkey garden represents the main character transitioning from a child to an adult.
At the beginning of the story, the monkey moves to Kentucky. This represents the start of the main character’s transition to adulthood. At first, the children of the neighborhood would not go near the monkey garden because they were scared of the monkey with all its screaming. After the monkey leave the

As time goes on the monkey garden starts to fill up with old cars and the plants start to die out. This is similar to when kids realize the harsh reality of the world. It is not always filled with peaceful clouds and rainbows, where all the attention is on them. At the monkey garden the children could do whatever they wanted to do because there were no parents around. This represents children growing up and their parents giving them more freedom. The freedom that the children get also come with many important decisions. Due to the lack of parents, the children will often start to make decisions that they should not make. Some of these are minor like eating a lot of candy, others are major like participating in adult games. This represents the