Jessica Powers

The First job.Page 53

summary:

Esperanza's parents want her to get a job.Esperanza has been out playing and one day her aunt finds her a job.Esperanza's job is to match pictures with her developed negatives.In the chapter Esperanza talks about her job,and if her experience working .Such as eating in the lunchroom(which she actually eats in the bathroom).shifts,such as night shifts on her job.Esperanza meets an old Oriental man and shes exited to have someone to eat lunch.The man asks for a birthday kiss .Esperanza leans over to give the man a kiss on the cheek,but as she dose the man grabs her face and kisses Esperanza.

Characters:

Esperanza
Esperanza's Mama
An old Oriental man
(mention of Tioto)

Figurative language:

"It wasn't as if I didn't want to work" page 53

Question.
What was the place where Esperanza got kissed?
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Papa who wakes up in the dark.Page 56

Summary:

Esperanza sees her dad cry,when he says "Your abuelito is dead."Her papa crying is unusual for Esperanza to see.Esperanza explains that her father must go to Mexico and how he will be there to send the dead away.Esperanza's papa told her to explain to her younger siblings that they can't go out or play.Esperanza describes her dad,who wakes before the sun She thinks of the day he'll die.Esperanza holds her father in her arms

Characters:
Esperanza
Esperanza's papa
(mention of Esperanza's grandpa)

Figurative language:

"Esta muero,and then as if he just heard the news himself crumples Esperanza's dad like a coat and cries my brave papa cries" page.56

Question:
Why did Esperanza's papa tell her first about the death of her abielito and that she must explain to her siblings why they cant go out or play?