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 “You gotta be able to know what to do with hips when you get them, I say making it up as I go."

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 “You gotta be able to know what to do with hips when you get them, I say making it up as I go."

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(Cisneros 50)
What's happening: Esperanza is telling the other girls to start thinking what they want to do with their hips.

Topic Discussed: Growing Up

What theme/big idea is being conveyed by Cisneros?  How does the use of literary devices help convey the theme?

The theme/big idea being conveyed by Cisneros is that Esperanza want the girls to already start thinking what they want to do with their hips when they still have a lot more to learn about.

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"One day you wake up and they are there. Ready and waiting like a new Buick with the keys in the ignition. Ready to take you where?"

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"One day you wake up and they are there. Ready and waiting like a new Buick with the keys in the ignition. Ready to take you where?"

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(Cisneros 49)
What's happening: Rachel is using similes to compare getting a new buick ready to go and having "hips".

Topics Discussed: hips being a big deal.

What theme/big idea is being conveyed by Cisneros?  How does the use of literary devices help convey the theme?
The theme/big idea being conveyed by cisneros is that women, mostly latina women care a lot about developing hips when you get older. They take developing hips so serious that they compare having hips to getting a new car ready for you to drive and if you never get hips you could turn into  a man. The big idea is that it is very important for latina women to eventually have hips.

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"They're good for holding a baby when you're cooking."

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"They're good for holding a baby when you're cooking."

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(Cisneros 49)
What's happening: Rachel is telling the younger girls about hips and how important they are to have as a women.

Topics discussed: Gender Roles

What theme/big idea is being conveyed by Cisneros?  How does the use of literary devices help convey the theme? :

The theme/ big idea being conveyed by cisneros is that women are in charge of taking care of the kids and cooking and  staying home instead of getting a job.  Cisneros uses imagery to put the picture of a woman with a baby cooking in your head. She makes it clear that a woman's place is at home cleaning, cooking, and caring for the kids. The big idea she is trying to show to the reader is gender roles, specifically women's.

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“They Bloom like Roses.”                                                                                                                                                                                                                         What's happenings:Imagery is used when describing the girl's life growing up and using the simile in this quote it shows and talks about how growing up as a women their body is will mature differently then men.Which is determined by the size of the hips.                                                                                                                                                                         Topic discussed: Gender growth development                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  What theme/big idea is being conveyed by Cisneros?  How does the use of literary devices help convey the theme?                                                                                                                                 The theme/big idea being covered by Cisneros by how in the in one part of the vignette it talks about how one day when the girls  grows up there hips will spread.

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“They Bloom like Roses.”                                                                                                                                                                                                                         What's happenings:Imagery is used when describing the girl's life growing up and using the simile in this quote it shows and talks about how growing up as a women their body is will mature differently then men.Which is determined by the size of the hips.                                                                                                                                                                         Topic discussed: Gender growth development                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  What theme/big idea is being conveyed by Cisneros?  How does the use of literary devices help convey the theme?                                                                                                                                 The theme/big idea being covered by Cisneros by how in the in one part of the vignette it talks about how one day when the girls  grows up there hips will spread.

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The roses show that when the roses bloom they open up outwards which.