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Chapter 13 Quotes. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance. Chapter 1: Las Uvas Grapes. Esperanza is frequently Hours later, there is still no sign of Alfonso , Miguel, and Papa. As the wagon comes closer, it is clear that Miguel and Alfonso are driving it—and that there is a body in the back, covered in a blanket Chapter 2: Las Papayas Papayas.
Abuelita has money in the bank—though Luis would probably prevent United States to work—there is no room for social advancement in Mexico, and even if Alfonso and Hortensia did try to make a life for themselves on the small piece of Chapter 3: Los Higos Figs. As they run downstairs, Mama screams that no one can find Abuelita, but Alfonso urges them to hurry—the house is being enveloped in thick smoke. Inside, Mama and Alfonso discuss what options the Ortegas have.
If they choose to stay on the ranch in Miguel and Alfonso lead them through the burnt grape rows to the Rodriguez ranch. At the edge of Chapter 4: Las Guayabas Guavas. When Esperanza sees Miguel she asks if he has brought back what he stole. He says he did not, but he did bring something better.
Esperanza looks past him and sees Abuelita. What are the babies names in Esperanza Rising? They find work and housing for Alfonso's family and Mama and Esperanza and help them adjust to their new lives in the United States.
What does Esperanza do after mama gets sick? When Mama gets sick, Esperanza realizes it's up to her to take care of the family, so she stops complaining about all the things she has lost and womans up. She knows Mama will get better if she can bring Abuelita to the United States, but that will take something she doesn't have—money. Why was Esperanza's Papa killed? When Papa is killed by bandits, it's not because he was a bad boss.
It's because he was being grouped together with the other wealthy landowners. Papa's death is especially tragic because he was a loving and affectionate father and husband. Esperanza, Mama, and Miguel are all devastated.
Esperanza looks past him and sees Abuelita. Esperanza grows and matures in several ways. At the beginning of the novel, she is a wealthy girl without a trouble in the world and is largely ignorant to the problems of people around her. She is forced to leave behind everything she knows and overnight, goes from a carefree young girl to a desperate migrant worker. On a series of vignettes, The House on Mango Street covers a year in the life of Esperanza, a Chicana Mexican-American girl , who is about twelve years old when the novel begins.
During the year, she moves with her family into a house on Mango Street. When Papa is killed by bandits, it's not because he was a bad boss. It's because he was being grouped together with the other wealthy landowners.
Papa's death is especially tragic because he was a loving and affectionate father and husband. Esperanza , Mama, and Miguel are all devastated. Esperanza , a strong- willed girl who dreams big despite her surroundings and restrictions, is the main character in The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. Esperanza represents the females of her poor and impoverished neighborhood who wish to change and better themselves.
In Esperanza Rising, Carmen is a woman Esperanza considers "a peasant. This book takes place in Mexico and California in during a time of widespread inequality and racism. Who's Abuelita to give Esperanza advice? On the first day of the asparagus season, the workers are protected from the strikers by a man with a gun, but the gun frightens Esperanza as well.
The strikers, including Marta and Ada, chant and threaten the workers all day. Alfonso and Juan tell the women that the same things are happening in the fields.
One day, Josefina pulls asparagus from a crate to find a rat, and later, a woman sees snakes coming out of another crate. Other workers find razor blades and pieces of glass in packing crates. One day, Esperanza notices that the shouting has stopped.
She and Hortensia see that the strikers are gone, and then notice several vans and police cars moving toward the shed. Josefina tells Esperanza that they are immigration officers, coming to find workers who are in the country illegally. Josefina explains that the strikers will be deported back to Mexico even if they are citizens of the United States, because they are causing trouble for the government.
Esperanza goes to the shed to gather bands for the asparagus bundles, and finds Marta hiding there, begging Esperanza not to let her get caught.
She tells Marta to put on an apron and carry a bundle of asparagus when she leaves the shed, so everyone will think she is just another worker. Marta apologizes for misjudging Esperanza.
Later that night, Esperanza wonders whether Marta made her way back to Ada. In the morning, she asks Miguel to take her to the farm. The strikers have all been taken by the immigration officers.
Girls who speak English and wear nice dresses are usually chosen, but she is the only female student with straight As. Isabel tells the family that there is a new camp for workers from Oklahoma with inside toilets, hot water, and a swimming pool. Mexicans will be allowed to use the pool only on the day before it is cleaned.
Esperanza is angered by the idea that Mexicans are considered dirtier than other workers. When Miguel arrives home, he says the railroad has hired men from Oklahoma to work on the engines for half the money, and that Mexicans could dig ditches or lay tracks instead.
Miguel chose to dig ditches rather than take no pay. She tells Miguel that their lives are no better than they were in Mexico. Miguel explains that at least in the United States he has a chance to become more than a servant. She tells Miguel that he is still a peasant, and he angrily tells Esperanza that she still thinks she is a queen. Miguel leaves the next morning to look for work in northern California. When Isabel is not chosen Queen of the May, Esperanza feels sorry for her.
She gives Isabel her porcelain doll, telling Isabel that it is a gift to last for more than one day. That night, Mama tells Esperanza that it is not all her fault that Miguel is gone, and that he will come back. Esperanza tells her mother that she has saved almost enough money to bring Abuelita to them and goes to show her the money orders. But when she opens her bag, she discovers that the money orders are gone.
Esperanza is furious, but she focuses on how her mother appears to be getting stronger every day. Alfonso comes one day to take Esperanza with him and Hortensia to pick up Miguel at the bus station in Bakersfield. Miguel hugs his parents, then tells Esperanza that he has brought her proof that things will get better.
He turns to help an old woman down from the bus. It is Abuelita. Miguel has used the money to bring her from Mexico to California. Esperanza is overwhelmed and grateful, laughing and crying with Abuelita. At the cabin, Esperanza leads Abuelita to Mama. Esperanza tells Abuelita everything that has happened, explaining her story by the seasons of fruits and vegetables that have passed. Later, Esperanza and Miguel go to the foothills beyond the farm and lie down on the grass there.
They are quiet until they hear it. As the sun rises, Esperanza feels like she is rising, too, high above the valley. She remembers that she has her family, her garden of roses, her faith, and her memories. Later, Esperanza watches as Abuelita teaches Isabel how to crochet. Isabel is impatient, upset that her rows of crocheted yard are uneven, but Esperanza gently unravels the yarn and tells Isabel never to be afraid of starting over. SparkTeach Teacher's Handbook.
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