The House On Mango Street Esperanza Rising Analysis

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Esperanza Rising Esperanza came from a wealthy family; they lived in El Rancho de Las Rosas. She lived on a large ranch were family and servants. Tragically her father died leaving her family very poor. While Esperanza was wealthy she was very uncompassionate to the poor, she found them to be dirty and below her. When she became poor Esperanza still felt that she was above all of the poor people she was now living and working with. It took time for Esperanza to realize that she was also poor; a changing moment in the novel was when she held hands with Sylvia. Although Sylvia was dirty, Esperanza held hands with her because she remembered the day on the train when Mama became upset with her when she would not let the little girl play her doll. She became…show more content…
After losing a lot of their money, she was traveling to the United States and a little peasant girl asked if she can play with Esperanza’s doll which was from her father, when the little girl asked, Esperanza began yelling and saying no to her. Mama said she was sorry, and made the little peasant girl a doll in return. Another person Esperanza is very different from is Miguel. Miguel was Esperanza’s family servant. He and Esperanza were in love with each other but could not marry because of the different classes. Miguel was very poor but he was hard working and caring. An example of how Miguel was a caring person was when he took all of Esperanza’s money orders from Mr. Yakotas shop and then left Los Angeles and went to Aguascalientes to bring the money orders so that Abuelita so that she can come to the United States. Esperanza is a dynamic character; she changed throughout the story from starting as a little spoiled girl to becoming a poor understanding and caring young woman. Although Esperanza was dynamic, Mama and Miguel were static characters. Esperanza became a young woman throughout the novel; she began working and became

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