I believe Esperanza was raped even though she never specifies exactly what the boys had done to her. However, the way she talks to Sally once she is back, giving me the impression that she was raped. Esperanza tells Sally, “ What he did. Where he touched me. I didn’t want it, Sally” (pg99). “Sally, make him stop. I couldn’t make them go away. I couldn’t do anything but cry” (pg100). Esperanza also tells Sally how it wasn’t like it was in the movies, magazines she had read or even what she has told her. Esperanza thought sex or even anything sexual would be something beautiful, romantic and intimate with the person you love the way the movies, magazines and people make it seem. The way Esperanza deals with the situation is by blaming Sally.
