In “The Cariboo Café” by Helena Maria Viramontes I find the different writing perspectives to be intriguing. The way she switches from point of view to point of view throughout leads to a comprehensive overview of the situation. The point of view of the scared children is seen by the way children key in on small details, place greater meaning on things than adults would, and the writing is choppy like a scared child’s thoughts would be. The Viramontes switches to the point of view of the owner of the Cariboo Café. He seems to embody the average lower class small business owner. While he holds prejudices he is ultimately trying to make ends meet just like everybody else. Viramontes portrays him as bigoted, but at the same time she gives him a human element, his weakness regarding the children. So he continues the story by calling the police in the end. She continues to bring humanity, with its flaws and cares into her characters with the portrayal of the woman. She lost her child, which in itself is devastating. But she tries to move on by moving to the United States, only to be haunted by Geraldo’s memory. It is with this traumatized perspective that we learn that she has kidnapped someone’s child, and in the process become La Llorena. These perspectives give rise to an understanding of the situation as a whole. It feels as though nothing the reader receives is one sided.