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Explain The Challenges That Esperanza Faced In Esperanza Rising

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Mexican immigrants faced discrimination, hard labor, and low wages. In Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan, Esperanza had to become a Mexican immigrant because her father, Sixto Ortega, was killed and Esperanza and Mama had to escape from her rude uncles. Since her Papa’s death, Esperanza had to face many other challenges as an immigrant such as she had to learn how to do daily chores because she always has had a servant, the dust storms caused mama to get valley fever, and Mexicans were discriminated against in America. The first challenge Esperanza had to face was learning daily chores that she had never done because she had always had a servant do everything for her. One day Esperanza got made fun of by Marta and her friends because she didn’t know how to sweep correctly. On page 118 the author states, “ He shut the door, then stood in front of her and said, how would you know how to sweep a floor? The only thing you ever learned was how to give orders. That is not your fault. Anza, look at me.” After Miguel cheered her up, he …show more content…

In the migrant camps the Mexicans live in are worse than the okies and all of the others. The Mexicans could only swim in the pool on Friday afternoons before they clean it on Saturday. Everyone else could swim when they wanted. In the chapter peaches on page 218 it says, “The Mexicans can only swim on Friday afternoons, before they clean the pool Saturday on mornings.” Everyone thought that all of the Mexicans were unskilled and were good for nothing. Most of them are hard workers though. On page 187 it states, “Esperanza, people here think all Mexicans are alike. They think we are all uneducated, dirty, poor, and unskilled.” Esperanza was kinda confused about why they tfhink that she was uneducated. She also seemed kinda sad. On page 187 it says, “Miguel, how could anyone look at me and think I was

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