I am Esperanza

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I am Esperanza I am smart and resilient I wonder
if my anger will go away I hear the clicking and
clacking of the train I see the towns rush by I
want Papa to be alive and this nightmare to end I
am smart and resilient I pretend I am still
living at El Rancho de las Rosas I feel for the
first time other peoples pain, but I still feel
mine more I touch the cold hard potatoes, with
hands cracked and stiff I worry about the strike,
dont they know I need this job I cry for Mama,
please make her well I am smart and resilient I
understand I will always have my memories of El
Rancho de las Rosas and Papa. I will make new
memories with Mama and Abuelita I say, Do not
ever be afraid to start over. I dream of
learning English, a tiny home of my own I try
never to be held back by fear, the unknown or
those who would keep me down I am smart and
resilient    
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CollageExplanation of Pictures

• Quilt- The zigzag pattern represents the ups and
  downs Esperanza faced during her journey.
• Rancho de las Rosas- The beloved ranch that
  Esperanza loved and the home she believed she
  would never leave and the privileged life she
  would always live.
• Rose- The rose represents Papa and the idea that
  life goes on and memories sustain us all.
• Quinceañeras- Represents Esperanzas previous
  life. The happy times before Papa died and her
  family had to move to the United States.
• Esperanza- This is Esperanza as a young girl
  carefree, and gay.
• Esperanza- This is Esperanza after working in the
  fields, worrying about Mama
• Fields- The fields that produced the fruits and
  vegetable that Esperanza processed and packed.
• Migrant Workers-
• Strikers- This picture represents the plight of
  the migrant workers and Esperanza fear that
  without her job she would not be able to take
  care of Mama, pay the doctor bills, feed her
  family and ultimately bring Abuelita to
  California
• Yarn Doll-This represents the change in Esperanza
  from the beginning of the book to the end. On
  their way to California Mama made a doll like
  this for a little girl on the train. Esperanza
  was annoyed and did not understand how her mother
  could be so kind to a poor, dirty girl she hardly
  knew. At the end of the story Esperanza makes
  yarn dolls for Isabel. It demonstrates that
  although Esperanza still misses her previous
  life, she has developed an understanding that
  things in life change and each of us must get
  past the difficulties and find new happiness and
  dreams.

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