Book Summary
Esperanza Rising is about a well advantaged Mexican girl who is raised in Mexico in the 1920’s on Rancho de las Rosas, with a family who makes their living cultivating grapes and raising cattle. During this time Mexico is recovering from the revolution from ten years earlier and is targeted by the country poor people and their animosity towards rich landowners. The day prior to Esperanza’s twelfth birthday and the harvest of her family’s vineyard, Esperanza and her family get word that her father Papi has been killed by bandits. As the next several days roll on Esperanza and her mother have had no choice but to leave Mexico and make their way to California for an opportunity to escape their hardship and pressures of their Tio Luis. During this time Esperanza is faced with the challenge of accepting her fate of being poor and has to work hard to face new challenges and responsibilities that lay upon her shoulders. Will Esperanza and her family survive the Depression, Dust Bowl-era here in the United States?
Book Analysis
Set around the time of the Great Depression and Dust Bowl-era this is a coming-of-age story of a young girl that transitions the main character from being of privilege to a poor, mature, responsible adult. Pam Munoz Ryan has written a …show more content…
Readers are able to feel her emotions and hear her every thoughts from the beginning of the book. The story shows her perspective such as the part when Esperanza stated the words, “bad luck.” As she looked at the big pearls of blood that pulsed from the tip of her thumb as she then dismissed the premonition as she wondered where her Papa was. At this moment the readers have a clear understanding that the characters experiences will told from the life and struggles of a young female Mexican immigrant worker during a time of
Esperanza Rising is about a well advantaged Mexican girl who is raised in Mexico in the 1920’s on Rancho de las Rosas, with a family who makes their living cultivating grapes and raising cattle. During this time Mexico is recovering from the revolution from ten years earlier and is targeted by the country poor people and their animosity towards rich landowners. The day prior to Esperanza’s twelfth birthday and the harvest of her family’s vineyard, Esperanza and her family get word that her father Papi has been killed by bandits. As the next several days roll on Esperanza and her mother have had no choice but to leave Mexico and make their way to California for an opportunity to escape their hardship and pressures of their Tio Luis. During this time Esperanza is faced with the challenge of accepting her fate of being poor and has to work hard to face new challenges and responsibilities that lay upon her shoulders. Will Esperanza and her family survive the Depression, Dust Bowl-era here in the United States?
Book Analysis
Set around the time of the Great Depression and Dust Bowl-era this is a coming-of-age story of a young girl that transitions the main character from being of privilege to a poor, mature, responsible adult. Pam Munoz Ryan has written a …show more content…
Readers are able to feel her emotions and hear her every thoughts from the beginning of the book. The story shows her perspective such as the part when Esperanza stated the words, “bad luck.” As she looked at the big pearls of blood that pulsed from the tip of her thumb as she then dismissed the premonition as she wondered where her Papa was. At this moment the readers have a clear understanding that the characters experiences will told from the life and struggles of a young female Mexican immigrant worker during a time of