The Monkey GardenThe Monkey Garden by Sandra Cisneros tells the story of a young girl's loss of childhood innocence. The story is narrated by a mature woman who recalls her initiation into adolescence through images and events that occurred in an unused neighborhood lot. She is not ready to mature into adolescence and uses her imagination to transform the land into a fantasy garden, a place where she can hide from the adult world. The garden is the vehicle in which the narrator reveals his reluctance to leave the imaginary behind. world of childhood and see the realities of the adult world. The evidence to support this interpretation is the image of hiding. The narrator uses the garden to hide from reality and the changes of growing up. When she can no longer hide from reality, she tries to hide from herself, which leaves her disillusioned and unsure of who she is. The first images of the garden are seen through the exaggerated imagination of a child. “” are “like flowers on Mars”, and cockscombs “the deep red fringe of theater curtains”. Bro...