Characters
She is the main character who must learn to adapt after losing her wealthy lifestyle.
Who is Esperanza?
This chapter includes Esperanza’s birthday celebration.
What is Las Uvas? (Grapes)
A major lesson showing people can recover from hardship.
What is resilence?
The fruits and vegetables in chapter titles often symbolize these.
What are stages of growth and change?
To migrate means to do this.
What is to move from one place to another?
This person teaches Esperanza important life lessons and crochets.
Who is abuelita?
This event forces Esperanza and her family to leave Mexico.
What is the ranch fire?
Esperanza learns that all people deserve this, regardless of wealth.
What is respect?
Abuelita’s blanket symbolizes this.
What are family and hope?
A strike is when workers do this.
What is stop working to protest?
He worked for Esperanza’s family and later helps them in California.
Who is Alfonso?
Esperanza travels to this state to start a new life.
What is Californa?
This theme is shown when families help each other survive challenges.
What is community?
The rose garden represents Esperanza’s old life of this.
What are comfort and wealth?
A camp where workers live is called this.
What is a labor camp?
She becomes Esperanza’s close friend in the labor camp
Who is Isabel?
This chapter symbolizes difficult and emotional changes for Esperanza.
What is Las Papas? (Potatoes)
Esperanza changes from being dependent to becoming this.
What is independent?
Crocheting becomes a symbol of this idea.
What is patience and continuing through difficulties?
A servant is a person who does this.
What is work for another household/person?
These two antagonists wanted to control Esperanza’s family land
Who are Tio Marco and Tio Luis.
Esperanza works for the first time doing this job.
What is packing fruit / working in the fields?
This theme appears throughout the novel as Esperanza adjusts to a new life.
What is adaptation/change?
The valley represents this larger idea in the novel.
What is new beginnings/opportunity?
To persevere means this.
What is continue even when something is difficult?