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15 Cards in this Set
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Esperanza
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*heroine and narrator
*wishes for a home of her own |
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Sally
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sexually bold and glamorous to Esperanza
-not a good friend to Esperanza -abandons Esperanza to go off w/ boys *runs off to marry a man before 8th grade who won't let her see her friends or leave the house |
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Aunt Lupe
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*old, blind, and bed-ridden
*listens to Esperanza's poems |
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Cathy Queen of Cats
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*Esperanza's first friend
*moves out only a week after Esperanza moves in |
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Geraldo
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*Mexican man Marin meets at a dance
-dies in a car accident -no one knows anything about him |
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Nun
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*asked Esperanza about her house
-embarrassing to Esperanza |
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Nenny
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*Esperanza's little sister
-immature -an embarrassment to Esperanza |
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Rafaela
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*husband locks her in their apartment so she won't run off
-sends money down on a clothesline to Esperanza and her friends so they can buy her sweet juices from the convenience store |
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Mamacita
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*wildly unhappy
-never learns English or leaves her 3rd-floor apartment |
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Marin
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*has fiance in Puerto Rico but dreams about being w/ American men
*teaches Esperanza about the world of boys |
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Meme Ortiz
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-real name is Juan
-has a dog w/ 2 names |
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Esperanza's name
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*means "hope" in Spanish
-"In Spanish it means too many words" -"It means sadness, it means waiting." -great grandmother's name *can never be shortened -unlike Magdalena who becomes Nenny |
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Four Skinny Trees
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"They are the only ones who understand me."
-skinny necks and pointy elbows like Esperanza's -do not belong here but are here "Their strength is secret." -never quit their anger "Four whose only reason is to be and be." |
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The First Job
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*Aunt Lala found a job for Esperanza at the Peter Pan Photo Finishers
-had to lie and say she was one year older *The First Day -sat by herself at lunch; didn't know when to sit down or if she was allowed *Oriental man said she could sit w/ him at lunch -he said it was his birthday and wanted a birthday kiss -grabs her face and kisses her hard and doesn't let go |
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The Monkey Garden
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*the monkey moved to Kentucky w/ his family
-such a relief *Esperanza and friends took over garden -beautiful flowers, spiders, lots of cars "Things had a way of disappearing." -this was the reason they went there *this is where Esperanza wanted to die *Sally said she was too old for all these games |
