Becoming an immigrant can be tough. They are leaving their country to start af new life. The quote ¨don't be afraid to start over,¨ is basically what immigrants are living off of of when they are leaving their home country to live a new life in a new country. When immigrants go to the U.S. They have to start there completely from scratch. They lose all of their money clothes, and dignity. Esperanza was an immigrant in the book Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan was full of many challenges, as an immigrant. Her challenges were mainly Mama getting sick with valley fever, Marta was trying to get the field workers to go on strike, ans Esperanza had to go and work in the fields to help pay the hospital bills for Mama. In fact that Esperanza faced the challenge of Marta going on strike with other workers Shows her life as an immigrant. During this point in time, when workers went on strike it was usually for better working conditions. It was common for them to try to stop, or slow
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When Mama went to the hospital she had to have someone to pay her bills for her. Esperanza had to step up, and do the shores to earn money to pay the bills for Mama. She said on page 161, ¨you must eat more soup. Please Mama you must drink more juice. Mama, let me comb your hair It will make you feel better. That shows that Esperanza was trying to make mama feel better, but Mama was too sick to eat or drink anything. She also said on page 163 ¨ the hospital is where people go to die.¨ Esperanza was worried that Mama was in so bad of a condition that she had to go to the hospital. Esperanza did not know that the hospital was where people go to get better. Mama was getting worse, so Esperanza thought that she went there to die because she was getting to pale and dying. That is the third main challenge that Esperanza faced as an immigrant in the United
When Mama went to the hospital she had to have someone to pay her bills for her. Esperanza had to step up, and do the shores to earn money to pay the bills for Mama. She said on page 161, ¨you must eat more soup. Please Mama you must drink more juice. Mama, let me comb your hair It will make you feel better. That shows that Esperanza was trying to make mama feel better, but Mama was too sick to eat or drink anything. She also said on page 163 ¨ the hospital is where people go to die.¨ Esperanza was worried that Mama was in so bad of a condition that she had to go to the hospital. Esperanza did not know that the hospital was where people go to get better. Mama was getting worse, so Esperanza thought that she went there to die because she was getting to pale and dying. That is the third main challenge that Esperanza faced as an immigrant in the United