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Pg. 4
"Two stories, made of  cinder blocks and cement, an outdoor walkway that ran the length of the second floor with metal staircases at either end, pieces of broken styrofoam in the glass, a chain-link fence along the perimeter of the lot, cracks in the asphalt. I had expected it to be nicer."
This passage discusses Wealth because Maribel's family could only afford this low-quality building.

Pg.33
"Maybe I'll make something. Something to remind me of home. But I didn't have any of the ingredients I needed, so I just stood there, staring at the flat cast-iron pan"
This also discusses Wealth because the lack of food is a direct correlation to a lack of money.

Pg.44/45
"..leaving the poverty of Nicaragua to go to the richest country in the world didn't take much convincing. I left when I was twenty. Told a dude I would pay two thousand dollars to bring me over"
This passage discusses wealth because it talks about the exchange of money.
P.9

“At the register, Arturo arranged everything on the counter and unfolded the money he’d been carrying in his pocket. Without saying a word, he handed the cashier a twenty-dollar bill. The cashier slid it into the drawer of the register and reached his open hand out to us.”

This shows their expectations of how much things cost in America have changed because they were confused on why the cashier was asking for more money. They thought they were being taken advantage of, which shifts the power dynamic to the cashier and taking away power from the Riveras. This also supports the concept of wealth because they didn’t have much to start with and thought what they were buying was too expensive.

Pg. 76
¨Well I did my duty. May Obama win, because if its McCain I will shoot myself."
This passage discusses power because now she has the power and ability to t

Pg. 117
¨ a nice house, diamond jewelry, an expensive car, and a big refrigerator.¨
talks about having big and expensive items and having material goods.

Pg. 175
¨ï told my mom i wanted to live in New York City and dance on broad way.¨
relates to wealth because she wants to grow up to be rich dancer with fame and power.

Pg. 163
¨we drove home, two thousand dollars poorer.¨
this shows wealth because not only do they have enough money to buy a car but they also no longer have to ride the bus because they can drive themselves where they need to go and that is a sign of wealth if you are driving around in a car.

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Hope Credit: Leilani, Liberty, Gerson, Garet.

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Hope Credit: Leilani, Liberty, Gerson, Garet.

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(Pg.32) ¨We had been planning our life for so long. Filling out papers, hoping, praying, waiting. We had all of our dreams pinned on this place, but the pin was thin and delicate and it was too soon to tell whether it was stronger than it looked or whether, in the end, it wasn't going to hold much of anything at all. ¨ This passage shows the families hope to have their plans and goals in creating a good life to be achieved and to not fall through. They have been going through a lot of hardships to get where they are and they still are not where they want to be yet.

(pg.17) Whenever the girls broke out in laughter, I was sure they were laughing at me. One day I asked coach if I could go back in, even if it was just for a few drills." This passage shows Mayor is committed to get better at soccer and hopes even though he is scared to be embarrassed, he will become good.

(pg.49) ¨¨Is there anything else you want to tell me?¨
¨I´m tired,¨ she said, and I nodded, deflated because I had expected more energy. I had expected her to come home full of energy, gushing about the other students and her teacher and how much she had learned.¨ This passage shows Alma hoping that even though Maribel has been like this since the accident, that someday she will be back to the way she was before the accident.

(Pg.51) ¨He made a clownish face, and I knew he was trying to make Maribel to laugh, trying to to extract  the tiniest hint of the girl she used to be.¨ The passage shows  that not only Alma, but also Her dad Arturo will not give up on her either. They know she may not ever be herself again but yet they still have hope and make attempts to pull her out of her current state.

Last three examples:

(Pg.265) ¨She looked so hopeful, so nervous. She stared, waiting for me to say more.¨ At this part of the story, Alma is with Maribel after her dads surgery and Maribel is hopeful that her dad will end up being okay.
(Pg. 210) ¨Why?¨ I asked. Was it Maribel? I wondered all of a sudden. Had something happened to her?¨ In this section, Mayor is very worried and hoping that Maribel is okay.
(Pg.206) ¨My dad scoured the newspaper every day, searching the classifieds, calling any that sounded promising, and hanging up either in fury or in disappointment.

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Equality: Shawn,Garrett, Veronica, Kristina 

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“I had expected it to be nicer. Something with white shutters and red bricks, something with manicured shrubs and flower boxes in the windows. This was the only option Autoros job had given us,though, and I told myself we were lucky to have it”(pg.4)

They wanted to be equal and have the house that they have seen in the movies, but because of money they were not able to get that.

"Eligible? But we have a letter from the doctor. We came all the way here so she could go to Evers."(pg.28) Phyllis was explaining that Maribel couldn't go to evers because she wasn't eligible enough because she couldn't speak english.

" Garrett Miller, who had basically picked on me last year his special project,pointed at me, laughed,and said " Fucking chicken legs" He flung his boot at my chest"(pg.15) He is being bullied and made fun of for being different and not the same as the boys are.

" Gustavo MilHojas, who was half-mexican and half-guatemalan, wrote a letter to the army telling them that as of that day he was 100% American and that he was ready to serve the country and kill the cowards who had murdered his fellow paisanos"(pg.85) After the Sept 11th attacks he felt as if he was 100% American. He probably felt equality as much of the country did as they came together after the tragic losses.

"The only reason they sponsored our visas was because the government was pressuring them to hire workers with papers. but now everyone's saying it was all talk." (pg. 181) They don't want immigrants because they don't want to have to pay extra money for their visas.

"People laughed in his face. They told him, 'Haven't you heard that the economy's in the shitter? We can't get rid of workers fast enough.' They told him, ' Crawl back across the river, amigo.'" (pg. 182) People made him feel stupid because he isn't like the people from Delaware and because he doesn't speak english.

"When she didn't answer, he said, 'What's the matter? you don't speak english? No ingles?'" (pg.70) She was mistreated because of her lack of english fluency

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pg 16
For him the logic whent something like this: I was Latino and male and not a cripple, therefore I should play soccer.

This is an example of Mayor not having liberty, and being forced to play soccer, a choice that he would not have made hiself.

pg 38
I had stopped going to soccer practice after the day I crashed and burned in the star drill.

This is an example of Mayor having Liberty, even if it was in secret, and making his own choice to stop playing soccer.

pg 39
My mom had decided that she should get a job, just in case my dad really did lose his, an idea that my dad found unacceptable.

This is an example of Mayor's mom trying to make her own choices (liberty), and then her husband not allowing it. She doesn't have liberty in this situation.

pg 89
I came to the United States to earn more money for my children.

This is an example of Gustavo having liberty, and making the choice to cross into the US, and being able to make that choice.

pg 109
I started stopping by her appartment sometimes after school.

Despite his dad saying that Meribel wasn't an appropriate girl to be with, Mayor went over to her house and started getting to know her.

pg 135
I tried to imagine it...i could do whatever I wanted.

Enrique is telling Mayor about how he stopped following all his mom's rules and started doing whatever he wanted in college. And Mayor starts to follow in his footsteps.

pg 180
Because I changed my shift. The morning when I stayed home for Maribel's first day of school."

Arturo took liberty, to stay home with his daughter instead of going to work, because that was more important to him.

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Pg (23)
"Of course, we still miss Panama. Celia is desperate to go back and visit. But I worry what it would be like after all this time. We thought it was unrecognizable when we left, but I have a feeling it would be even more unrecognizable now. Sometimes I think I would rather just remember it in my head, all those streets and places I loved."
Explanation: What this shows is they are thinking back to there old home or a place they thought of as a place to love.
Pg (81)
""They think we're Americans now. And maybe we are! Maybe we don't belong there anymore after all.""
Explanation: What this shows is they are having doubts about coming to american and not thinking of it as their new home.
Pg (84)
"It didn't take long before everyone in our building was knocking on each other's doors and convening out on the balcony, standing around stunned and shaking with fear."
Explanation: What this shows is everyone in the building is getting to know their new home but it's also a new experience and that's why some of them are afraid.
Pg (85)
"Gustabo Milhojas, who was half-Mexican and half-Guatemalan, wrote a letter to the army telling them that as of that day he was 100% American and that he was ready to serve the country and kill the cowards who had murdered his fellow paisanos."
Explanation: This shows he adapted to his new home and he is willing to die for it because it means so much to him. That being his new home.
Pg (286)
"I'm overcome when I think about this place and about what it's given us. Maribel is getting stronger. I can see it. Every day a little bit more. A safe area to live. Such good friends.It's incredible. One day when we go back to Mexico and people ask me what it was like here, I will tell them those things. I will tell them all the ways I loved this country."
Explanation: This shows that this was there home and they have a massive respect for the country. And they loved it.
Pg (269-270)
"I want him buried in Mexico, I said. I didn't tell her that I wanted him in the Panteon Municipal, where we could celebrate him on el Dia de Muertos. I wanted to bake pan de muerto and prepare calabaze en tacha for him. I wanted to make an ofrenda with cempasuchil flowers that grew in our yard. I wanted to put candles on his tomb. I wanted to honor him. I wanted him near me.
Explanation: That shows her home believe lies in Mexico or feels like that home honors him the most by putting his body there.
Pg (260)
"But in that apartment? They have each other. That's not good enough."
Explanation: Shows even tho the place is not the best home. The people in the house is what makes a home.

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“‘Come on,’ I said, trying to mask my impatience. ‘The bus will be here soon. You need to get up and get dressed.’ Maribel rose to her feet, like a filly finding her legs, and stretched. She chose a sweatshirt and jeans from the piles of clothes I had folded and placed on the floor along the wall. ‘I can wear this,’ she said holding up the top. ‘You can wear whatever you want,’ Arturo said. She slid the jeans up her legs and, when they were on her hips, I raised the zipper and snapped the button for her. She wrestled herself into the sweatshirt after that, pulling it on backwards, and though usually neither Arturo nor I would have pointed it out - we tried to make her feel capable when we could- I wanted her to look nice on her first day, so I started pulling her arms back through the sleeves to turn it around.” (Pg 29-30)

This passage connects to happiness because it’s the first day of school for Maribel. Her parents are happy that she can get an education do what makes her happy. They came to the United States so their kids had a better education and a better life than in Panama.

Rafael Toro

“Maybe they wouldn’t have done so well in Panama. Maybe they wouldn’t have had the same opportunities. So that makes coming her worth it. We’re citizens, and if someone asks me where my home is, I say los Estados Unidos. I say it proudly.” (23).

This connects to the concept Happiness because they are proud that they have come to the United States and that they have more opportunities than they would have had in Panama. If they hadn’t come to the United States they could be living in a place that doesn’t make them feel happy.

Page 90: “I am very grateful for these jobs. They allow me to send money to my children to pay for their schooling. When both of them graduate, I would like to go back to Mexico to be with them. My wish is that they’ll do something worthwhile with their lives, something more important than sweeping popcorn. I have done what I can for them. I would like to see them give something back.”

This passage connects to the concept of happiness because Gustavo is happy that his job is able to pay for his kids to attend school and get a good education.

“My son is in college now and my daughter will start college next year at university veracruzana in orizaba. this makes me happy.” (Pg. 89)

It connects to the concept happiness because it makes him happy because he knows that his kids will get to do what they want

Last three:

“Then ‘Feliz Navidad’ came on the radio. ‘This goddamn song again!’ my dad said. ‘Oh, come on!’ my mom said. She started singing along and swishing her hips while my dad eyed her skeptically. ‘What?’ she said. ‘You don’t want to dance with me? Fine. Benny, ven.’ And Benny took my mom by the hand, spinning her around. Ynez and José joined in, José leaning on his walker while he rocked back and forth, and Micho pulled Nelia up off the couch into a twirl.Almost everyone in the room started singing along and eventually my dad put his drink down and cut in on Benny and my mom, sliding his arm around her waist. ‘Now this is more like it!’ my dad yelled above the noise. ‘This is the Christmases I knew!’” (Pg. 141) This is an example of our concept because everyone is dancing and singing and having a good time even though not everything is going great in their lives.

“Maribel unzipped my coat and spread it open like wings, folding it around me as far as it would reach. [...] And then Maribel fell backwards, right onto her ass. She started laughing. ‘I knew it wouldn’t last,’ she said. I knew it, too. But I wished like hell it would.” (pg.235)

This reflects the idea of happiness because Mayor and Maribel were finally together again, and it was in a place that they thought was beautiful.

Alma Pg.282

“Suddenly out of nowhere, there she was. My Maribel. The one who once upon a time had painted her nails black and now wanted to dye her hair purple. The one determined to assert her independence and throw her arms around life. There she was again. The person Arturo and I had been waiting for, the reason for all of this.”

This connects to the concept Happiness because she saw that her daughter was getting better and that she was back to being herself even with Arturo not being their anymore. Now they are going back to Mexico where they were before.

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“My wife, Celia, saved my life. Who knows what would have become of me if I hadn’t met her?” (page 20, Rafael Toro)

This quote shows how much he appreciated his wife and how much she meant to him. They made a family, they give each other powers to do what they want and need to, they support each other. (Mickey Bui)

“The children were very upset. They were both in high school at that time. Isabel and i were so proud of them. They wanted to go to college. My son wants to become a nurse and my daughter wants to become a nurse.”(Page 88/89, Gustavo Milhojas“) This quote as plain as it is has meaning in the story. Firstly, it adds depth in to Gustavos character. Second, we see gustavo looking ahead to the future of his children while being in the mucky waters of sadness recalling the death of his wife. All family thought in this passage. Shows the true colors of Gustavo.(Dennys Duran)

“Usually in Pátzcuaro someone-either my mother or else on of my friends- stopped by in the morning. I would make café con leche and we would talk, sometimes for only a few minutes, sometimes for hours. And even on the days when no one came over, through the open windows of our house I could hear the noise of our neighbors… Here, it was as if I was sealed into a noiseless box, and even when i opened a window, all i could hear was the rhythmic whisper of cars driving on the nearby road.” (pg33). This passage describes the things you have to give up to achieve your dreams. Sometimes, this means you have to let go of some or all of our family. (Jeremiah Brook)

“In Spanish, Dulce said, “ My son lives here with his wife. They brought me here.”

This shows that family will always stick together. No matter their age. Dulce’s son is helping her out. ((PG 60)Jeffery)

Arturo propped himself up on his elbow and hissed, “You don’t think I have a right to treat her differently now than i would have before the accident? You don’t think we have the responsibility to do that? Shes not the same person, Alma. There’s not some piece of her just sitting there, waiting for us to find it again”. ( Pg.221) This passage show the complexity of the family part into the coming in of the American Dream. In this situation, the family has trouble in they came to america to help Maribel, and theyre having trouble that she can possibly return to her past self. (Dennys Duran)

““Leave it alone Celia.”

“He deserves to know, doesn’t he?”

“Know what?” I asked”

“Go to your room,” my dad said.”

“What did I do?””

No matter how much a family will fight, they’ll always come back to each other and stay together. Family will always forgive family. (pg 204)

“Finding is for the things that are lost. You don’t need to find me, Mayor”

This quote shows how care and love Maribel gives to Mayor, they will be there to help each other stand up when one of them fall and be there to support each other. They do things like how family support to do to anyone, that to be there for them.