The main characters in this chapter are Ezperanza and her mother, Uncle Nacho, and her boy cousin.
Esperanza and her family are going to a baptism then a party with the rest of their relatives. She got a new dress and new clothes to wear to the party, but now she is embarassed of her shoes because they are not new, they are old. She describes her shoes are being large, and an ugly brown color. they are her plain school shoes, and when her boy cousin asks her to dance, she refuses to dance with him because she is embarassed of the shoes. However, when her Uncle Nacho asks her to dance, he does not allow her to say no, he tells her that her shoes do not matrter, that she should have fun. She dances with him, forgets about her shoes. Her boy cousin, who she describes as a man, is watching.
figurative language:
"My feet swell big and heavy like plungers."
"The door is locked, and won't open up for nobody"
Questions:
1) Why does Esperanza say that her feet are "like plungers" ?
2) Why does Esperanza not want to dance with her boy cousin?
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Espiranza says that her feet are like plungers because thay aare swollen and big. probally due to her small shoes.
She doent want to danxe with her cousin because she is embarrassed by her 'chanclas'
Greg jenkins
Morgan Henry
Esperanza says her feet are like plungers because her mother made her wear her ugly school shoes. From dancing in her shoes, her feet became swollen and red. As like a plunger is.
Heidi Rumpf
Esperanzas feet are like plunggers because they were swollen and sore.
Esperanza does not want to dance with her cousin becuase she is uncormfortable with her chanclas
Noah Stone
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