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Esperanza's Canteen Struggle Analysis

1) Esperanza believes eating in the canteen will help her feel like she belongs with the "special kids" who have keys and money rather than feeling separated from them. Her mother reluctantly agrees to write a permission letter after Esperanza nags her for three days. 2) The inclusion of the mother's sarcastic permission letter provides insight into her stressed and annoyed view of Esperanza's behavior, seeing her as overly dramatic. 3) Esperanza feels ashamed of where she lives, as shown through her defensive response to Sister Superior that it's only a short distance rather than admitting it's in a poorer neighborhood.

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Esperanza's Canteen Struggle Analysis

1) Esperanza believes eating in the canteen will help her feel like she belongs with the "special kids" who have keys and money rather than feeling separated from them. Her mother reluctantly agrees to write a permission letter after Esperanza nags her for three days. 2) The inclusion of the mother's sarcastic permission letter provides insight into her stressed and annoyed view of Esperanza's behavior, seeing her as overly dramatic. 3) Esperanza feels ashamed of where she lives, as shown through her defensive response to Sister Superior that it's only a short distance rather than admitting it's in a poorer neighborhood.

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Text-dependent Questions Evidence-based Answers

On page 1, in paragraph 1, Why is eating in the Eating in the canteen is important t


canteen so important to Esperanza? because she believes that it will hel
feel apart of the "special kids". "Th
the ones who wear keys, around the
to eat in the canteen. The Canteen!
name sounds important". She think
the canteen will erase the social ba
her and the wealthier kids.

Reread paragraph 3. What can you infer about the I can infer that Esperanza's mother
mothers character from the way she initially to do any extra work that could lead
responds to Esperanzas request? Cite text daughter. She knows that if Esperan
evidence to support your claim. with the wealthy children, she will s
divide between them. "

The author chooses NOT to use quotation marks The choice of not using quotation m
and dialogue tags. How does the authors style dialogue tags isolates Esperanza's c
serve to isolate Esperanzas character? showing the reader the difference b
and everyone else.

How does Esperanza persuade her mother to write Esperanza persuades her mother to
a letter for permission to eat in the canteen? the canteen because she keeps nag
and on for three days straight. She
her limit and reluctantly decided to
feel the pain she was trying to shiel

Why did the author choose to include the mothers The mother's letter was included in
letter in the short story? Give evidence as to how because it adds to the understandin
this letter adds to your understanding of the character. "As you can see, she is v
mothers character. hope she does not faint". The letter
sarcastic which shows to the reader
stressed and annoyed with how stu
Esperanza was acting.
On page 2, why does Cisneros use short sentences
and fragments Thats only four blocks. Not even.
Three maybe. in the scene with Sister Superior?
What are Esperanzas feelings toward Mother
Superior?

How does Esperanza feel about where she lives?

In the first and last paragraphs, Cisneros uses the


word special. Is she using the word in the same or
in a different way? Support your claim using
evidence from the text.

There seems to be two overarching moods in this


piece. What are they? Explain why you think this
way.

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