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An author named, Lilliam Rivera, had written a novel titled, "The Education of Margot Sanchez," that stars a young teenage girl suffering the pressures of fitting in and extremely high expectations. Margot Sanchez had earned a scholarship to a school named "Somerset Prep," a school where many wealthy and rich children are present. Being there, Margot had changed herself to fit in, changing her personality and fashion style to appeal and receive validation from the rich kids. During her time there, she had been convinced to cause trouble and received punishment by her parents: working at the family supermarket, "Sanchez & Sons." Now spending her summer break at the supermarket, she is being assigned to different types of labor like stacking boxes or pushing carts. On her time there, she met with a boy named Moises, a person who was trying to hand out informational pamphlets and books about a recent situation where tenants are being forced to leave their apartments so the owners can create a luxury high-rise. Soon after he talks with Margot, Margot's brother, Junior, starts a fight with Moises to drive him away from the store. Junior thought Moises' presence was detrimental to the store and it's reputation. During dinner that day, Margot complains about the situation to her mother, in an attempt to get out of working at the supermarket. Unfortunately, her father has the final say. Well, that didn't go so well for her.

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In the novel "The Education of Margot Sanchez" by Lilliam Riviera, Margot Sanchez is a teenage Latina going to school at a prep school full of light-skinned rich people. Trying to fit in brought Margot to do bad things and spend way too much money on clothing, which lead her to working at her family's market to pay off the debt. In working at the market, Margot was exposed to her crude, player, high school dropout "neanderthal" brother's behavior, a strange boy that could get her into tons of trouble, and cultural shocks that "whitewashed" Margot had to get used to. She restocks cans of food, talks to Jasmine, a make-up covered loud lady with big opinions, and tries to avoid getting in people's way. She just wants to get out of the market and to the Hamptons, where her rich friends (and crush Nick) party all night long.

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The novel, "The Education of Margot Sanchez, " by Lilliam Riveria, is about a girl named Margot Sanchez whom her dad makes her work at a grocery store over the summer and she tries to make up $2,600 which she owes her father.  And if she pays her father the money in 10 weeks, she can go to her friend's party.

Conflicts:
The internal conflicts of the story are that her father is putting her under a lot of stress with having to make $2,600 and that she would much rather be with her friends than stuck working at a grocery store.  The external conflicts are that she is against her society because she is not familiar to the city and the people around her and having to deal with the people she is around.

Characters:
Margot is the protagonist in the story because she is having to concur the challenges around her.
The dad is the conflict in the story

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"The Education of Margot Sanchez," a novel written by Lilliam Rivera about a young Puerto Rican girl named Margot Sanchez, struggling in the chokehold of societal expectations instilled by her parents and new school, Somerset. Margot had started her new job at her father's supermarket, eventually getting in fights with her father about the job and about the boy named Moises. Her father accused her of "seeing" the boy, resulting in a retaliation of Margot asking Moises to hang out, skipping out on the day she was going to spend with Elizabeth. When she saw Moises again, they talked on the roof of the building in which Moises lived in, and got into an argument. Moises talked about how Margot is practically forgetting herself and her roots, assuming that she believes she's superior because she goes to Somerset. Margot gets angry at him, says some things she knew was slightly too far, and Moises noticed that what he said in the beginning was offensive. So, he apologized and wished to start anew, eventually kissing her, allowing both of them to catch some feelings for each other. Later, Margot's friend Elizabeth convinces her to go to a concert so they could spend time together, accidentally coming across Moises and his friend Freddy. Soon she goes on a video call with her Somerset "friends," Camilla and Serena to talk about the party at the end of the summer. She also goes on a call with Nick, the boy she wants to see at the party he invited her to. Nick, knowing her family owned a supermarket, asked if Margot could bring them beer, to which Margot agreed to do. She was in the process of stealing them, when Freddy catches her, blackmailing her about the party. If she didn't give him the address of the party, he'd tell on her about the beer she's clearly not supposed to have. So, she gave him the address to the party, catching a ride with a relative of Nick's, and soon arrived to the party.

Characters: Margot, the sad girl who has lost herself after trying to please society's eyes, Elizabeth, Margot's artistic childhood best friend who isn't afraid to express herself, Moises, the boy with a rough past who is trying to amend for his mistakes, Camilla and Serena who are trying to uphold a reputation, Nick who is the most popular guy at Somerset, and Freddy, the guy who sometimes will not take no for an answer.

Conflict: Margot stole beer to please other people, giving into the societal expectations of the rich. She also has some internal conflict about her feelings for Moises, especially after the rooftop scene.

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In the novel "The Education of Margot Sanchez" by Lilliam Riviera, Margot was reluctantly working at the Sanchez & Sons supermarket owned by her father and pelted with situations that force her to make choices about her life that determine her character. After meeting Moises, an ex-drug dealer turned human and ecological rights activist, Margot is turned back into the world that she left behind when she began to go to Somerset Prep School. He invites her out on a "not date", where they go around the neighborhood and go over to Moises' place where he lives. Seeing as his living space is not as fortunate as Margot's, she realizes that things aren't as they seem. Moises decided to bring Margot up to the roof, where they gaze at the sky and look at the fireworks in the sky being set off in the festival below. She gets closer to him and stays the night, using her old friend Elizabeth as an alibi to hide the fact that she was out with a boy. In doing so, she is forced to meet up with Elizabeth, her former artistic best friend with whom she shared her wacky fashion ideas. They were best friends up until Margot began changing herself to "fit in" at Somerset, and the space between them in their friendship just increased as time went on. Elizabeth, seeing if there was any spark to rekindle, makes Margot go to a concert that they both would've loved when they were younger, which Margo was reluctant to. However, she relents and attends with Elizabeth, where she sees Moises again, seeing that he isn't the nice boy she thought he was. The differences between them become most apparent and Margot sees the difference between her and the people that lived in the neighborhood she worked in. Through the concert, she meets Moises' friends, who become of relevance later in the story. As the party in the Hamptons came closer, Nick, Margot's crush at the time, asked Margot to bring over cases of beer for the party. Margot takes some cases from the supermarket, but at that time, Moises' friend, Freddy, approaches her. He asks her what she is doing, and finds that she is going to a party in the Hamptons. Occupied and desperate for him to get away from her, Margot tells him the address of the party, believing that he wouldn't be able to go, and leaves. Later at the party, Margot meets Nick and he thanks her for bringing the cases, After a couple of minutes of uncomfortableness at the party, Margot offers to unload the beer, where she is met by Freddy and his friends, which includes Moises.
Characters:
Margot, Elizabeth, Moises, and Freddy
Conflicts:
Margot needed to steal beer from the family in order to please Nick and her friends at the party, but Freddy, Moises, and their other friends come to see Margot surrounded by her Somerset friends at the party and possibly ruin it.

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At the party, Moises arrives with Freddy and his friends, talking to Margot after his arrival. They talk about their feelings and Moises' history as a reformed drug dealer. After speaking honestly, Moises comments on Margot's behavior, telling her that she was changing herself in order to fit their standards, while the "real you" was out with her old friends in the urban community. Drunken and somewhat in denial, she leaves him to go after Nick, her crush that seemed to have interest in her. Margot interrupted his conversation with another girl to go dancing, which they do while Moises watches forlornly in the background.

During a past conversation with her friends Serena and Camille, Margot Sanchez tries to avoid talking about what has happened to her when she was working at her family's supermarket. She dismisses their interest in her current love life, claiming that "'there's nothing to say. I swear. We kissed. I was slumming it (Riviera 138).'" The boy Margot kissed, Moises, came from an impoverished colored community, the same one the supermarket Margot was working at is in, and Margot's description of him displeased Camille, a person whom Margot was so desperate to please. Camille and Serena both come from rich backgrounds, much like the other students at Margot's prep school, Somerset. In an attempt to fit in, Margot made friends with Camille and Serena, following their fashion trends, behaviors, and how they use boys. While the three of them usually set their eyes on good-looking rich boys at Somerset, Moises was none of those things. Although Margot had stated the opposite, she genuinely liked Moises and wasn't just "slumming it." In fact, she seemed to only use the phrase in order to save face in front of Camille, which is evident when she thinks "'that magical night between us is quickly betrayed by those two words. Just like that.'" A person who truly was just using another for the curiosity of how it would feel to lower their standards wouldn't describe an event or date as "magical" if there truly were no feelings.

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In the novel written by Lilliam Rivera, "The Education of Margot Sanchez," a young girl is thrown into the path of societal expectations, ones that are severely damaging her. The protagonist, Margot Sanchez, arrives at the long awaited  party. There, she tries to up her social standing, meeting with Nick, Camille, and Serena. Unfortunately, later Moises and his friend Freddy arrived at the party, which caused Margot to fear for what was to come next. She ends up talking to Moises outside, specifically about his past and her behavior recently. Moises points out to her that what she has been doing recently has been unethical, thus concluding that she has been trying to change herself to suit the eyes of the rich people there at the party. Due to this, Margot leaves to go find Nick, eventually indulging herself in a typical thing you do at parties: Dance.

In earlier pages, Margot decided it would be ideal to pluck her own eyebrows. She tried extremely hard to find the hidden tweezers, eventually giving up and yelling for her mother to help her. Her mother arrived, pointing out where the tweezers are, and also how wrong Margot was plucking. She took the task into her own hands, bringing Margot's face into the light to make it easier. Margot had wondered what the problems were between her parents, since a while ago they seemed perfectly fine talking to each other, even spending quality time with each other. Now, they have been fighting more often, so with this, Margot mustered the courage to ask, "Is everything okay between you and Papi? (Rivera 142)" To which, Margot's mother replies with, "Of course. What makes you ask that?" She says this despite the obvious turmoil happening in plain sight, possibly doing this to hide the "adult problems" from her precious daughter. She wants to stay strong for her, protect her from the things that could really upset her. Margot then says, "You guys argue everyday. You seem so down." From this, one can also assume that Margot's mother lied because she not only wishes to protect Margot, but herself as well. Lying is just better than dealing with one's problems head on, you get to avoid it and keep yourself safe from being fully defenseless in reality's wake. Sadly, this safe haven never lasts long when the problem snowballs into a large monster.

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In the novel, "The Education of Margot Sanchez," written by Lilliam Rivera, it stars a young lady who is struggling to uphold societal expectations. She had arrived at a party, one that she long awaited for so she could get a chance to talk with a boy named Nick. Margot, the protagonist, had talked with Nick on the beach for a little while, eventually instigating a sexual situation that led Margot to run off. She left Nick behind, feeling so drunk and confused, she asked one of her friends for the address to her nearby place. She escaped the party quickly, staying the night at her friend's house. Soon, she gets the news that her father had found out the supposed thief who had been stealing money from them for months: Oscar, one of the most hardworking employees. It was such a shame, he was forced to leave, having his place be taken by Margot's brother Junior. He actually started acting professional as soon as his role was established. He hoped sincerely that he could do great things to help the supermarket in its economic survival. Eventually, he tries to show he cares about his sister, not wanting her to worry, by gifting her an extremely expensive charm necklace. She thought it was very suspicious of her brother to actually have a large amount of money. Where could he have gotten it from? Is this charm even real? In search for the answer to these questions, she searched his room, not finding the jewelry box, but drugs. She was scared, so she took samples and went off to the supermarket to find her father, noticing how late he was. Turns out, he was cheating on her mother with one of the employees, Jasmine. There were probably more, although, she didn't dwell on it too much. She felt too sick and distraught to think of it any further.

Song:
The scene I chose was from a while back when Margot was having a moment with Moises on the rooftop. For this scene, I thought it would be fitting to connect it to the song, "The Truth Untold," by BTS. The meaning of the song, is about hiding your true self, being unable to show such a vulnerable an heavily tattered person in front of somebody they wish to have. It resembles how Margot has to put on this mask, so that people don't know her true self, just for the societal gains like popularity and image. She even has it on in that moment, and she longs for him as well. Plus, I thought the fact the song speaks of flowers and gardens while Moises and Margot had a moment earlier in the book with a garden really made the symbolism better.

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This is the 3rd track off of BTS' hit album Love Yourself: Tear. It speaks of the singer putting on a mask to see the one that they love. They create a facade to hide behind so the object of their affection doesn't see their broken and damaged side. They are afraid that their love will leave them because of their hidden side. They have a love, but it is fake love because they aren't being real and so because they did not have the courage to show their love their real self, they left. They are left sitting in their ruined dream reminiscing about what would've happened if things turned out differently.

This is based off of a story ''La Città di smeraldo' which translates to 'The Emerald City' and it is about a man that shuts himself inside of his castle because of his 'ugly face' and he received a lot of hate and bullying throughout his childhood which caused him to close himself off from the outside world. His only happiness is to plant and tend to his garden. One day, he sees a woman climbing into his garden to steal his flowers, and is furious. He watches and waits for the women to appear again. He follows the woman to see what she would do with his flowers and sees that she is selling them to make a living. He realizes that he has been anticipating her appearance and it has made his days happier. So he decides to make her a flower that doesn't exist so she can sell it for an expensive price because he knows she will not love his grotesque face. After many failed attempts, he finally makes the flower and fills his garden with it. He waits for her to return but she never does, eventually, he finds that she has died. If he had shown her his face, then he could have helped her before she died.

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Genius English Translations - BTS - 전하지 못한 진심 (The Truth Untold) (English Translation)

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Verse 1: V] / Full of loneliness / This garden bloomed / Full of thorns / I bind myself in this sand castle / [Verse 2: Jungkook] / What is your name / Do you have a place to go

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So far in the novel, "The Education Of Margot Sanchez by Lilliam Riveria Junior told their father that Margot has been spending some time with Moises and he thinks that the time that they spend together has become a little sexual.  Soon later Margot gets mad so she disobey's her father's orders and hangs out with Moises.  He brings her to where he lives and Margot starts to become a little nervous based on what she sees there.

Scene song:
The first scene is the part where Junior finds Moises outside the store handing out pamphlets to people walking by. Junior sees this as a threat to the store business and tries to make him leave.

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In "The Education of Margot Sanchez" by Lilliam Rivera, Margot had discovered and done new things. At the party in the Hamptons, Margot had danced with Nick, her-longtime crush. One thing led to another, and the two drunken teenagers had sex on the beach before Margot left him, going over to her friend's beach home to crash for the night. When she got home, she was greeted by the news that her father's second-in-command, Oscar, was fired for stealing money from the store and allowing a couple of beers from the stock to go missing. The beers that Margot had taken. She kept quiet about the beers and over the next couple of days, Junior, Margot's brother had taken over Oscar's spot as second-in-command. Sometime later, Junior has a kind moment with Margot, giving her a Tiffany necklace as a gift. In suspicion as to how Junior got the expensive necklace, Margot searches in his room, where she finds a stash of money and a bag of drugs. In a panic to find her father, she rushes to the supermarket, finding him in a car making out with Jasmine, his younger employee. Margot's father was cheating on her mother with a pregnant employee.

Song:
I chose the song "Ring Off" by Beyonce to reflect Margot's feelings of sorrow for her mother who had to endure knowing that her husband was cheating on her.

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Summary:
In "The Education of Margot Sanchez," a novel by Lilliam Rivera, Margot comes to a realization about her personality and the things that she needs to change in order to fix her relationships. After finding out her father's affairs, Margot Sanchez runs to her friend Elizabeth's house to rant about the things that she had seen, expecting Elizabeth to be sympathetic and show concern. However, Elizabeth acts unsympathetic, somewhat cold, and indifferent even, in reacting to Margot's situation. She calls Margot a user for leaving her every time an opportunity arose and still expecting Elizabeth to act like her best friend. After leaving Elizabeth's house and retiring to her own, Margot decides that she needs to change the way she treats people by giving apologies and favors to the ones she had wrong. Starting with Elizabeth, who needs help making paintings and bringing them over to a charity.

Quote:
"I thought that if I aligned myself with people who seemed better than me, I could transform myself...there's a cost to those schemes (Rivera 249)."
I find this quote significant to me because it reminds me that being my own person is just as important as trying to fit into a good friend group. The second you try to change yourself in order to be like the company you keep is the second you lose that aspect of your identity in the process. Although it can be good to change yourself if there are aspects of your character that can be developed in a positive way, doing something completely against your nature to become a misguided "better" version of yourself hurts everyone. This is an important thing to remember and learn throughout the story.

Rating:
The book, "The Education of Margot Sanchez" by Lilliam Rivera is (a couple of weeks pregnant) appropriately rated for its quality. Although there is a certain type of richness and realness in the situations of being torn by expectations and reality, that same reality aspect of the story didn't allow the story to end at a well-paced time. The messages in the story, although valuable and important, are not fully explained because there needed to be a good ending to the story. Even with the issues, the rest of the book was eventful and real, enjoyable and entertaining to read.

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"The Education of Margot Sanchez," a novel written by Lilliam Rivera, speaks upon the extreme expectations of society that a young girl named Margot, is facing. Margot recently learned of who her father was cheating on her mother with: the cashierista known as Jasmine. Being undoubtedly shocked by this situation, Margot needed a place to vent. A person to vent to. That person happened to be Elizabeth, her childhood friend. Margot eventually arrives at Elizabeth's house, speaking about her family's problem, and noticing that Elizabeth didn't seem too invested. She ended up finding out that Elizabeth does feel bad for her, but feels as though it's extremely unfair for Margot to be acting as if they are still really close friends. Margot had lied to Elizabeth and kept her away from her life at Somerset, just so she wouldn't be embarrassed. Elizabeth left it at that, allowing Margot to stay in her studio until she was ready to go home. When she did get home, there was a lot of commotion. Fighting everywhere, betrayal, harsh words coated in sad poison. In the end, things seemed to calm down, and things were starting to look up as soon as Margot took the initiative to make it up to all the people she hurt. Using her list, she went around town as her real self to make things right again, even if it would take a while.

Favorite Quote:

My favorite quote happens to be, "You're not the only person in this world," which is said by Elizabeth on page 248. I like this quote because it feels like a force that pushes people into a wider perspective. It relates to me because I've actually been told this quote a few years back. Being told this myself, I feel much happier knowing that I can truly experience the world and other people with an open mind. My world has grown, thanks to the person who said this to me, it was a real eye opener. There's a sense of beauty to this phrase.  It's such a simple sentence, but can be unpacked like the Mad Hatter's suitcase.

Overrated or Underrated?:

Frankly, this book is overrated. The book was filled with so much drama, yet the resolve towards the message of the book was so little. There was barely any in depth description for how Margot was realizing how she could just be herself instead of constantly putting up a mask for everybody. We also never got to see if she had truly learned her lesson, which could've been brought up and showed during her time back at school. A shame, but it was an okay book for the most part.