Esperanza Rising Summary:
So far in my book their is a little girl name Esperanza, is she 6 years old and she love to walk with her father through the winding rows.They live in Mexico. She was the only child. Her dad name is Sixto Ortega her mom name is Ramona Ortega and a grandmother. Esperanza has 3 best friend name Marisol Rodriguez, Chita,and Bertina.
6 years later, when the gapes delivered their harvest, she always turned another year. This year, she with be 13 years old. The picking would take 3 weeks and then, her mom and dad will host a party for the harvest and for her birthday. Esperanza best friend will come with her family and celebrate her birthday and harvest. Her other friends, Chita and Bertina can’t make is because they live to far. Once Esperanza and her friend Marisol got together, they only talk about there Quiceanera.
Esperanza father and more people went out to gather fruits, it was in the middle of the night and her father hasn’t came back. Her father always come home before the sun goes down. So her mother ask her father's two brother Luis and Marco to go and look for him,and they came back with bad news. They said “the only thing that we found was his black buckle”. They found him, he hung himself in a tree. Esperanza and her mother broke down crying. The next day was Esperanza birthday and they did not do nothing.
Esperanza father’s brother, Luis want to marry Esperanza mother, and she said no. Now Luis is going to make everything difficult, because Esperanza mother said no. So Esperanza mother is thinking about moving to the United States and getting a better job there. Esperanza father got her a doll for her birthday, and that doll she took it a squeeze it really tight and ask herself two question and they were, “Why did Papa have to die? Why did he leave me and Mama?
Esperanza was shaking, she was having a bad dreaming and for instant, she felt relieved. But the shaking began again, harder this time, and she work up and that was her mom. She said “the house is on fire!!”. Her grandmother was stuck in side the house but one of Esperanza friends found her and carrying her out the house. The person that did that was Luis and Esperanza mother got made, and all that she could think of where should she go. So Luis came and he said “I’m giving you one more chance, if you reconsider my proposal, I will build a bigger, more beautiful house, and I will replant everything”, and she said “yes”. So Esperanza mother made a plan, she will say yes to Luis, but once a few day go bye we will escaped to California.
They have left Mexico and off to California.
The Genre/Character Traits:
The Genre of this book is realistic fiction. I say that because Esperanza live in a house, and she has family and friends. The character, Esperanza is a brave young girl. I say that because, when her mom was escaping from Mexico to go to California. She stood brave and she just went with the flow.
