Because the way you grow old is kind of like an onion or like the rings snide a tree trunk or like my little my little wooden dolls that fit one inside the other.( who is taking? What is happening) please write trying out into the bottom

This proves it has several similes in it . Sandra Cisneros compares the years in your life to the rings in a tree, the rings in an onion, or the years in your life to the wooden dolls that fit inside each other using the word like.

Explanation:

The narrator thinks of growing up as developing layers, instead of becoming an entirely new person as you age.

she was trying to use   reliable narrator.

at the beginning of the story, elisa just has the small idea of wanting more attention, but as the story progressed, her desire for more attention grew larger. before she talked to the man with the wagon she was just focused on her chrysanthemums but when she talked to him and got some attention she enjoyed it, so she decided to get all dolled up for henry. but when they were on the way to dinner she was so upset because she saw the flowers on the side of the road and realized the man didn't take interest in her like she thought.