There are many differences in “Tortilla Sun” that cause tension between the narrator and her parent, here are three examples of the tension in this story. One example of conflict in “Tortilla Sun” is Izzy’s mom thinks that she is doing the right thing by finishing her studies but Izzy thinks that her mom is just being selfish. I know this because on paragraph 15 izzy’s mom says,”And after this i can finally graduate.Our lives will change then.” but on paragraph 34 izzy says,”Opportunity, for me or for you?” Another conflict izzy and her mom have is that izzy doesn't want to go to her grandmother's house but izzy's mom makes her go anyway. The third conflict is since izzy doesn't want to go to mexico she hides in her room from her mother not wanting to come out and speak to her
