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The book says  must keep In mind that this house and those grapes are on my property. In the book it also said that he was bank president. In the book it also said that reputation and my position and my position at the bank we could be a very powerful couple .

This shows that tio Luis is powerful because he is a bank president.It also proves that he owns a big property .also that he is rich he can do whatever he wants. It also proves that he owns a lot of land .

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Tio Luis is powerful because in the reading it shows, " you will regret your decision Ramona. You must keep in mind that the house and the grapes are my property". This shows that Ramona and Esperanza can't stop Tio Luis

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Tio Luis tells Romoana after

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In the book Tio Luis said,“You will regret your decision, Ramona. You must keep in mind that this house and those grapes are on my property. I can make things very difficult for you. Very difficult” (Munoz Ryan #31)
This proves that Tio Luis was being controlling to Romana. He asked her to marry her and if she denies things will become very hard for her family. And when she did their home burned down and everything turned upside down.

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In the book it says"You will regret your decision.

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Tio Luis said,"And i have a solution to your living arrangements. A proposal actually. one of marriage[...] Of course we would wait the appropriate amount of time[...] Even you can see that with your beauty and my reputation and my position at the bank, wecould be very powerful couple"(Munoz Ryan #31)
This confirms that he is vary powerful because he state that he has a good reputation and he is in a high position in the bank.

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To prove this in the text it states that, " 'you will regret your decision, Ramona. You must keep in mind that this house and those grapes are in my property. I can make things very difficult for you. Very difficult' "

This shows that tío Luis wants to make Ramona's and Esperanza's life hard so he gets what he wants. He told him that he will makes stuff hard for Romana because they have a lot of power. One of his uncles the mayor and tío Luis is the banker. Later on in the book tío Luis forces Ramona to Mary him by burning down her house and also the grape farm.

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For example, "And I have a solution to your living arrangements. A proposal actually. One of marriage, Of course we would wait for the appropriate amount of time. Even you can see with your beauty and my reputation and my position at the bank, we could be a very powerful couple."

(Munoz Ryan 31)

This explains how Tío Luis is powerful and greedy because he wants the land to himself and he has the power to do so since he is rich.Tio Luis tells Mama that if she'll marry him he will buy her a bigger and better home. He tells her that she can stay with the servants if she chooses, but only if something doesn't happen to their homes as well.  Tio Luis is threatening to destroy the servants' home, in addition to her own.

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In the book, since Esperanza's dad died, Tio Luis took advantage of Ramona's state of sadness to propose a marriage (Munoz Ryan Page 31). After the events of the fire, Tio Luis once again took advantage of Ramona because she was forlorn during that time (Munoz Ryan 44).
This shows that Tio Luis is an opportunist because he sees situations where he can take advantage of someone, in this case Ramona. This also means that if someone part of Ramona's family is in the same emotional state, Tio Luis can tell them to ask Ramona something that would give him the advantage. Whenever Ramona is unhappy, Tio Luis always take the chance to ask for the proposal to try and take the farm.

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For example it says that tio Luis said " I have a solution to your living arrangements. A proposal actually. One of marriage." Also it says "even you can see that with your beauty and my reputation and my position at the bank, we could be a very powerful couple" ( Munoz-Rayan 31).

This shows that Tio Luis is taking advantage of the situation for his own needs. He only told her to marry him because he was going to be more powerful with being in a marriage with Ramona. In fact this shows that he's arrogant because he's just thinking about himself and he not being sensitive that Ramona just lost her husband in a very sad way. He says something that is clearly going to affect his life in a postive way but not so much for Ramona and Esperanza.

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I can prove it because it shows that when his brother died he knew that a woman could not take care of the house because it was against the law so he burned it and left them homeless so he thought that he would have to marry him if they wanted a home therefore he took an opportunity to steal his dead brothers wife Therefore this evidence shows that Luis even through desperate times he made himself a bad guy by burning down a mother and little girls home just because she wanted her to Marry him even when they were in their desperate times still dealing with the husbands death

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As I claimed that tio Luis was a vitriolic character, the reasoning to why I think he is a vitriolic character is because in the story tio Luis had told Ramona, Esperanza's mother,"you will regret your decision, Ramona. You must keep in mind that this house and those grapes are on my property. I can make things difficult for you. Very difficult. I will let you sleep on the decision, for it is more than generous",after she had turned down his proposal to marry him. (Munoz Ryan 32)
This indicates, that tio Luis makes lives difficult when he is not getting his way. He told her this because he is informing her that what she had said was a very big mistake and that she will reconsider the proposal one way or another. In fact, tio Luis does not show any guilt of his actions towards others. He threatens to do something horrible and he can do this because he is more powerful than what people think.

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In page 33 it states that "it is not the house he wants said abuelita it's your influence he wants people in this territory loved sixto and respect you with you as his wife Luis could win any election.This shows that tio Luis only want to marry rommona because he wants to win the election.

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For instance, in the book it says, " You will regret your decision, Ramona. You must keep in mind that this house and those grapes are on my property. I can make things very difficult for you. Very difficult"
(Munoz Ryan 31).
This proves that, Tio Luis is careless because he doesn't care what Ramona think. He wants his property and marry Ramona no matter what he does to the ranch. In fact, this shows that he would make things difficult in order for Ramon to marry Tio Luis.

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Pam Muñoz stated that" I have come to give you another chance  if you reconsider my proposal, I will build a bigger, more beautiful house and I will replant everything."

This confirms that Tio Luis is a opportunist  because he  took advantage of the situation. By trying to persuade Esperanza mom to marry him because of the situation there going through.

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In the book Tio Luis said that "you will regret my decision Ramona you must keep I'm mind that this house and those grapes are on my property. I can make things very difficult for you,Very Difficult" (Munoz-Ryan 31)
This proves that Tio Luis is Very harsh on what he want and what he does in order to protect himself. He asked If Ramona could marry him but when Ramona refused Every thing became into a dark-hole.

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For example the narrator describes that "Her uncles' papers were strewn across the desk. Papa never kept his desk that way. Tio Luis sat in papa's chair as if it were his own. And then esperanza noticed the belt buckle. Papa's belt buckle on Tio Luis's belt"(Muñoz Ryan 29)

This shows that Tio Luis is not respecting papa's stuff. Esperanza feels uncomfortable with Tio Luis sitting in his desk and touching his stuff, and wearing. This shows that Tio Luis doesn't respect others people personal stuff.

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According to the text, it stated "It is your influence he wants. People in this territory loved Sixto and respect you. With you as his wife, Luis could win any election." (Muñoz Ryan 33)
This means that tio Luis does not care if she wants to do it or not, he just wants her to marry him so he can win any election. Tio Luis is not thinking about that his brother just died and that he should be kind to his brothers family, he is just thinking about himself and thinking that having Ramona as his wife can make him win any election. As you can see, tio Luis is greedy like I stated in my claim before.

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" You will regret you decision, Ramona. You must keep in mind this house and those grapes are on my property. I can make things very difficult for you. Very difficult."(Munoz Ryan 31)
This shows that Tio Luis is evil and will always try to get his way no matter what he will never give up and will try to ruin someone's life instead of helping. He is also rude to Ramona Esperanza's mom like when she was at court he said black doesn't suit hopefully you don't wear it all year long but he said it very loudly. In fact he try's marrying Esperanza's mom because she is well known and people like her and she rejected so he put her house on fire because she was rejected.

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According the book it states "You will regret your decision, Ramona. You must keep in mind that this house and those grapes are on my property. I can make things very difficult for you. Very difficult"( Munoz Rayan 31)
This proves that Tio Luis is powerful because in the quote it is saying that he owns a lot of the land that Esperanza and her mom live on and he can do whatever he wants with it. In fact, Tio Luis can force Esperanza and her family to work for them or to leave their home because their home is also on their property as well as everything they love.

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On pg.25 it say that " her face crumbled senor she said chocking back tears, have you not heard my papa is dead" after tio Luis found out that his brother was dead he had a whole plan ahead of him. Also on (Munoz Ryan 40)it states that " Esperanza wake up cried mama" "the house is on fire!" Tío Luis caused the fire because when he proposed to her she said no so after he burned the house down they would be forced to live with them, but instead on (Munoz Ryan 47) it says that " what If we go to the United States said mama" they wanted to escape to the United States for some money

After mama had a plan to go to the United Statesshe told tío  Luis yes I will marry then asked him for a favor which was to get a wagon so they could leave him. He said of course. But the thing was he didn't know that they were leaving him, he was just happy that she was marrying him. So their plan worked, they gathered the whole family. This supports my claim because when tío Luis asked Ramona to marry him she said yes only so she could get a favor to leave him and escape for a wealthy life again. That's was her plan along even though Esperanza didn't agree with the decision

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For example, the narrator describes that Esperanza told Miguel that he was “the housekeeper’s son and she was the ranch owner’s daughter and between them ran a deep river. Esperanza stood on one side and Miguel stood on the other and the river could never be crossed” (Munoz-Ryan 17).
This shows that Esperanza did not think about how her comments made Miguel feel. She told him this because she feels that he is not worthy of her. In fact, this interaction shows that Miguel is not even worthy of Esperanza being sensitive to his feelings. She says something that is clearly hurtful and doesn’t think about how it affects him.

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Tio Luis has all of the power because he said that “ I will build a bigger, and beautiful house and replant everything” and that tio and mama will be a powerful couple. He is evil because he burn the house and that it could happen again but with servants house.

This show that he is powerful because he is the owner of the rancho. This proves that he is evil because he burn the house of Esperanza and he said that she could regret his decision. He the power because he could replant the grapes that burn.

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For example, the narrator describes that Esperanza told Miguel that he was “the housekeeper’s son and she was the ranch owner’s daughter and between them ran a deep river. Esperanza stood on one side and Miguel stood on the other and the river could never be crossed” (Munoz-Ryan 17).
This shows that Esperanza did not think about how her comments made Miguel feel. She told him this because she feels that he is not worthy of her. In fact, this interaction shows that Miguel is not even worthy of Esperanza being sensitive to his feelings. She says something that is clearly hurtful and doesn’t think about how it affects him.