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the yellow cadillac after it was crashed by Louie's cousin

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This quote helps illustrate the idea that everyone sees wealth in a different way. To these kids who have very little, this Cadillac is the most amazing thing they've ever seen. The car also helps add to the idea of wealth. Because they live in a very poor area, kids resort to stealing and don't think smart.

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"Backyard of Esperanza"

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“Out front there are twenty one steps, all lopsided and jutting like crooked teeth…...Around the back is a yard, mostly dirt, and a greasy bunch of boards that used to be a garage. All around, the neighborhood of roofs, black tarred and A framed, and in the gutters, the balls that never came back down to earth." pg: 21-22

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Cisneros uses imagery and tone to portray the theme of Esperanza's pessimistic outlook on her neighborhood.

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The topic discussed is Meme Ortiz's backyard.

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This quote shows that Esperanza does not think highly of the yard or of her neighborhood in general. She does not express any positive feelings of the yard and the tone is very negative.

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Esperanza says "Around the back is a yard, mostly dirt, and a greasy bunch of boards that used to be a garage."

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"We were playing volley ball in the alley when he came up in a big yellow Cadillac...Everybody looked inside the car and asked where he got it."
pg. 24

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"I know he has two cousins and that his
t-shirts never stay tucked in his pants." pg. 23

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“Downstairs from Meme’s basement apartment that Meme’s mother fixed up and rented to a Puerto Rico family. Louie’s family. Louie is the oldest in a family of little sisters. He’s my brothers friend really, but I know he has two cousins and that his T-shirts never stay tucked in his pants.”

Pg. 23

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The theme that everyone has their own standards of rich and poor is illustrated by Cisneros through imagery.

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The topic discussed is levels of wealth.

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In this second quote Esperanza speaks about Louie's cousin. She uses this quote to explain how little Louie has. However she doesn't say it as if its anything surprising or out of the norm. She is in the same situation