Esperanza Rising Challenges

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¨Don´t be afraid to start over.¨Many immigrants face the challenge of starting over .They either face the challenge by leaving their original home or being left with no choice but to leave.This can cause many challenges.Esperanza Ortega from the book Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan is very similar to the other immigrants.A tragic event forced her to flee to California from her excellent Mexican life. Although Esperanza has faced many challenges her main challenges were going to work in the fields to take care of Mama and facing discrimination in the United States.

One of the challenges that Esperanza faced as an immigrant was working in the fields to take care of Mama. Whenever Mama caught Calley Fever Esperanza started working like every

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