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....and Mary teachers Katie how to save up money in the tin in order to afford a better home. Additionally, Esperanza hopes to save up to get a better education

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The tree grows with Esperanza and Francie. At first the tree is small and weak. As the tree evolves it becomes stronger just like Esperanza and Francie.

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Francine and Esperanza's love for reading affects them greatly. Children like them who are lower classed people, but have better education than most kids have a great affect for their families and own lives in the future. Francie and Esperanza read to escape the real world.

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People often relate themselves to a particular object because the item may portra important layer of their personality or feelings. In the House. On Mango Street, Esperanza relates herself to the house because she feels that it is an important aspect of her life growing up along with the significant people around her. In a Tree Grows in Brooklyn Francine relates herself to a tree. the tree is significant in that it can relate back to the saying that instead of a tree necessarily growing in Brooklyn, Francis is the tree growing in brooklyn and her life story there. Is explained.

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Both families move often: Gianna &Shannon 

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Both families move often: Gianna &Shannon 

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It shows that the families are financially stable which has a big affect of the children's live because it is hard for them to fit in and make friends. In both stories, they both gained a form of independence when they move to a different place.

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Esperanza and Francie both use reading as outlet. They use reading escape the real world and their hardships. They use their imagination to create a better life and when they read, they become more hopeful and optimistic. Francie and Esperanza both have some of the same struggles: money, judgement, and family. They read to get rid of these problems.

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Esperanza and Francie both work in some way at a significantly young age in order to help financially support their family. Both girls are taught about conserving in order to achieve a better future. For example, Katie teaches Francie ways to save money

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Lahari and Akshita: Reading as an Outlet

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Lahari and Akshita: Reading as an Outlet

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As their families face economic struggle and continuous moving, Esperanza and Francie have a constant in their life with reading. To them, reading is a way to rid of their troubles and open up a new world of possibilities where they can lead a life where their needs are met. The loss of luxury in their life is replaced with the fictional stories that they wish to be their own.

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Pawn and antique shops have appeal to both Francie and Esperanza. The fact that they shop at second hand shops shows that they have to save up their money and make every cent count, meaning they have to be conscientious of their spending. They are drawn to these places because of the diversity in the shop. There are no two items of the same origin or look. Each item for sale had a previous owner, so they can imagine stories about the objects for sale. This draws them in because they use stories as an outlet, so a room full of stories attracts them.

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When a person succeeds, they tend to forget their background. This is because the situation which they were trying to rid themselves of was so damaging, that they want to entirely forget that part of their past existed. The nurse and Esperanza chose different ways of expressing gratitude. The nurse seems as if she would thank her teachers at an acceptance speech while Esperanza would naturally thank her parents and the oppressed women on Mango Street. The incident at the vaccination clinic had to have occurred at this location for the nurse to be reminded of how she once was. Both ladies came from a low economic class, yet managed to get out of their poor situation.
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Prejudices at school-Francie and Esperanza both have to work harder to succeed in their education due to society already determining their roles. Their roles are already set by their backgrounds and people already believe they are not capable of fulfilling any career that requires thinking. They have to indirectly establish a new identity beyond their home life in school to succeed.