Response to "Never Marry a Mexican" by Sandra Cisneros

Hi, this is Carson Patterson.
I really liked the unusual narration style in "Never Marry a Mexican". The first person narrator starts out referring to other characters in the third person, until on the fifth page she brings in the character of Drew, whom she has never mentioned before, and calls him "you". Then, two pages later, she appears to be talking to the boy, Drew's son; for the rest of the story, she alternates between addressing the two of them and occasionally referring to both in the third person. It would be easy to lose the reader with these sudden changes, but the narrator always gives just enough context that it is never ambiguous whom she is addressing; for example, the first time she addresses the son, she has just been talking about him, and the transition to talking directly to him is surprising but not confusing. This choice to alternate to whom the story is addressed contributes to the sense that the narrator is a bit unbalanced and makes the story feel more intimate (and somewhat disturbing because of it).