Consequences Of Esperanza Rising

First of all, why did Esperanza Ortega move to America in the first place?Well, her Papa had died from bandites, so Tio Luis (Papa’s brother,) proposes to mama, and burns the house, so they are forced to move to America to escape him!Since Esperanza was an immigrant,

Esperanza is the protagonist of the story. She is very wealthy and gets everything she wants. She struggles through her father’s death and moving to California. Throughout the story she becomes very mature, determined, and a hard worker. She really shocked me because she was a very spoiled princess who became a very strong migrant worker. Ramona Ortega also known as Mama is Esperanza’s mother. They are always together and she helped Esperanza stay strong. Throughout the story she is very strong but becomes very ill and depressed. Miguel was Esperanza’s best friends when they were little kids. He is the child of two servants that work for the family. He wants to become a mechanic and is very determined to reach that goal. They still look after eachother, even though they aren’t very close due to their social status. In the end he is able to bring back Abuelita back from Mexico. Hortensia was a servant that took care of their family. She always looked after Esperanza and was almost like a second mother. She was a Zapotec Indian. She was Alfonso’s wife and the mother of Miguel. Alfonso was a field worker and a very close friend to Papa. He loved the land and took care of the rose garden. He is the main person who helped everyone get to California. Isabel is the daughter of Juan and Josefina. She is only 9 years old but can clean, do laundry, and change diapers. She was the one who taught Esperanza how to do housework. She becomes very close friends with Esperanza. Isabel is the only one who goes to school to learn to read, write, and speak

By the end of the story, Esperanza accepted the fact that she lived on Mango Street even though she never felt she belonged. She learned that even though she may leave Mango Street, Mango street would never leave her. In the chapter titled, The Three Sisters, who happened to be fortune tellers, they told her that she would one day get her big house and a better

Esperanza has a variety of female role models in her life. Many are trapped in abusive relationships, waiting for others to change their live. Esperanza had many struggles in her life, not growing up where and how she wanted to so role models were very important to her. These role models showed her the way she didn't

The book Esperanza Rising, by Pam Munoz Ryan, gives readers a reason to never be afraid of starting over. The main character named Esperanza, is faced with several challenging situations as a young girl. These challenging events are life changing at times, which forces her to make adult decisions at young age. The life Esperanza is forced to live is unfortunately a reality to many Mexican families that made the move to the United States in search of the American Dream. Events faced by Esperanza’s family alongside workers of the El Rancho de las Rosas, which Esperanza’s family owned, forces Esperanza to change into a mature young teenage female. Munoz Ryan shows Esperanza’s character change by challenges she is faced with. The outcome of these events show growth within her young life by the emotions Esperanza expresses. Throughout the book Munoz Ryan uses symbolism to show growth and change within all characters. However; it is obvious to see the symbolic aspects the author provides related to Esperanza’s changes. The author faces Esperanza with different events to help remind her of a once wealthy life along with her current immigrant life style. As a whole many factors influence Esperanza's change. In the onset of Esperanza Rising, Esperanza is a wealthy, spoiled and dependent eight year old child, due to life changing events, she matures into an independent and mature teenage female.

With all of the bad things going on around Esperanza, she was very optimistic and made the best of everything she could. For example, in chapter one, Esperanza explain how she and her family had always grown up poor and that they always had dreams of one day owning a big beautiful house like the ones that they saw on television. One with a back yard and a basement. When Esperanza's family was forced to move her parents had purchased the first house that they could afford so they wouldn't have to continue paying rent. The house was nothing like what they had spoke of or dreamt about. But Esperanza states, "I then knew I had to have a house. One I could point to. But this isn't it. The house on Mango Street isn't it. For the time being, Mama said. Temporary, says Papa. But I know how those things go.." Within this paragraph it shows that Esperanza isn't exactly happy about where she is living but she is going to make the best of it and do what she has to do to get out of there and have a house of her own. One that she can point to.

Mexican immigrants faced challenge such as discrimination for their skin color, Low wages, and being replaced for those who would work for less. In the book Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan, Esperanza had to go through everything every immigrant had to, and only because she was mexican made it worse. She had to go through chores she did not know how to do, discrimination, and many more problems. Esperanza's life was full of challenges, but he main three challenges that she faced were dealing with her chores, discrimination, and her mother's upcoming sickness.

Esperanza comes to accept her house as part of her. During the course of the book she learns, you can't leave your culture, your roots. She observes and experiences growth. She matures. She develops opinions about dress and dating. She becomes more aware about the behaviors of people around her - she develops her sense of right and wrong. In the end, when she writes that she will "leave but come back for some" . she shows that she has become more comfortable with who she is. She does not reject her culture entirely - there are aspects of it that she embraces. She will always return to the

Eventually, Esperanza decides she does not need to set herself apart from the others in her

Esperanza's mother was also a very influential role model for Esperanza. Esperanza learns how important an education is by looking at her mother's situation. Her mother laments, “I could have been somebody, you know?” (91). Her mother could have had a better life and a better job if she continued to go to school, and she imparts this wisdom upon her daughter. “Esperanza, you go to school. Study hard” (91). Esperanza does not want to end up in her mother's situation. Without a proper education, a successful life is nearly impossible to achieve. Esperanza's mother teaches her the importance of being strong, educated, and independent: “Got to take care all your own” (91).

Esperanza has hopes far beyond the stereotypical expectations of Chicanos within society at the time but her status and mindset does not match those goals. As far as her status, she is apart of the lower class class family who were dreamers and fed unrealistic concepts into their children minds of one day having this “dream” house but in all actuality, they knew it would never happen. For example, on page 4, Esperanza

Throughout the novel, Esperanza tells us that she doesn’t like the house on Mango Street. When we first meet her, she tells us about the places that her family have moved. “...Before that we lived on Loomis on the third floor, and before that we lived on Keeler. Before Keeler it was Paulina, and before that I can’t remember” (Cisneros 3). Each time they’ve moved, the kids had to go to a new school and the parents had to find jobs that are closer to them. Meaning that they are learning things that could have learned before or they are just now learning the material and not really understanding the information. When you beg for something your parents you can get it most of the time. “In the canteen, which was nothing special, lots of boys and girls watched while I cried and ate my sandwich, the bread already greasy and the rice cold” (45). This just shows that begging your parents for something it not always a good idea. Greasy bread and cold rice does not seem too appealing for a lunch meal. Even though Esperanza and her family seem like they have a poor life, they are not really that poor. At least they have a

Esperanza is a shy but a very bright girl. She dreams of the perfect home now, with beautiful flowers in their luscious garden and a room for everyone to live in comfortably all because of the unsatisfied face the nun made that one afternoon--when she moves to the house of Mango Street. She thinks it’s going to be a “grand house on a hill that will have a bedroom for everyone and at least three washrooms so when they took a bath they would not have to tell everybody.” (Cinceros 4) Reality is so different for her when her dream is shot down in a heartbeat when she

Have you ever been an immigrant because Esperanza was. Immigration is where you leave a country and come to the us. This may happen when something tragic happens or you are forced to move. Something happens to Esperanza in Mexico from Esperanza rising. Mama and Her are to move to California and are treated badly and face challenges as an immigrant. Esperanza faced some challenges. They were mama sickness and the beginning of daily chores.

Have you ever felt like you just want to scream your face off and run away from life and all the decisions associated with it? Have you ever just wanted to take the painless way out and have an easier life, or day? Lots of people do it, if somebody asks you, “Hey, drink this right now or I won’t be your friend anymore!” what would you chose? Sometimes you need to stick up for what is right, say NO, be individual. In the book Esperanza Rising the characters show that you need to take the hard path, make the hard choice. An important theme in the book Esperanza Rising is that life has challenges, but you need to stick up for what you believe in, even if it is the harder choice. In the book Esperanza Rising Esperanza and her family experienced a long and painful journey, but along the way they learned to be one force and to be do what you think is best. Even though Esperanza’s family lost their father and their home they stuck together in times of need and took it upon themselves to do what was right. This is important because it shows