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She wants to grow like trees and be sturdy like trees. - Finnegan

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The trees are unique, different, and strong just like her. Piper kerney

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Madison Bensinger

She uses trees as a metaphor for herself rather than another object because she states they are the only ones who understand her. She says the trees do not belong here, as they are lazy excuses planted by the city growing despite the concrete. She feels the same as this and thinks of herself as someone who doesn't belong in Mango Street.

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She might compare herself in this way because they are different to the surroundings similar to her

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Esperanza compares herself to trees because deep down in the inside of her human skin (bark) is a strong human being. Which in a trees perspective trees look weak but deep down they are very strong forces of nature. -Destiny Williams

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A skinny tree aren’t the strongest but that doesn’t mean they can’t grow

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She wants to be strong like trees and wants to grow like trees do. -gavon

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I feel like she connects more to the trees they look so weak and skinny but in reality they’re strong.

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The trees show resilience and growth in spite of the concrete there. She uses the trees as a symbolism of herself. Her growth in spite of the fact that she lives in a ‘dangerous’ neighbourhood. Her growth in spite of the fact that she is Latino, a woman of colour who faces oppression because of her gender and race.

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Esperanza personifies the trees in a way where she’s able to bring them to her level and feel the way they feel. She can relate to the trees with their fierceness and inability to give up.

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She needs help

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she believes she has the same heart as the trees, being able to grow despite her circumstances

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She canpares herself to the skinny trees because at surface level they look weak but they a strong and rooted in the ground