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The Jaring readers

The summary of the chapter Avocados,

in the beginning Mama gets pnuemonia making it even harder to pay the bills.

In the middle of the chapter, Esperanza buys Mama a pinata so she'll know that Esperanza loves her and is thinking everyday. She then gave the pinata to the poor children and gave it to them

At the end of the chapter Miguel gets his dream job, in a machine shop at the railroad.

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The rising readers :

Alex, Ayza and Liberty

Esperanza was working so hard in the sheds and grape vinyards, her hands started to hurt and were scrapped and swollen. To fix this, Hortensia put avocaado mixture on her hands to make them feel better. In the middle of the chapter, the doctors said that Mama had pneumonia and she couldn't have visitors for a month. Later, Esperanza showed kindness by giving a poor family the pinata she was going to give Mama in the hospital. Another detail is that Miguel got his dream job in the machine shop at the railroad. This is what happen in the Avocados chapter in the beginning, middle and the end.

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A summary of the chapter, Avocados is how in the beginning of the chapter, Esperanza tries to save money for Abuelita to come to the camp. In the middle of the chapter, Avocado, Esperanza figures out that Mama has pneumonia! At the end of the chapter, Miguel had got his dream job at the railroad! He is working at the machine shop! This shows a summary of the chapter, Avocados!

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Book Club Name: Esperanza Bananzas

In the beginning of the chapter,

Esperanza hoped to have enough money by working to bring Abuelita too the camp. Esperanza worked so hard that it effected her soft hands. With the help of Hortensia she used an avocado mixture to fix her scarred, cut, swollen hands.

In the middle of the chapter,

Esperanza finds out that Mama Has been diagnosed with pneumonia! Esperanza is confused and devastated. She runs to Mama to try and comfort her. Esperanza is envious of Marta and her mother Ada.

At the end of the chapter,

Miguel surprises everyone with great news! He tells them that he got a job in the machine shop at the railroad. His dream has come true at last. This is our summary of the chapter!

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Avocados summary

Las Uvas Quad

In the chapter Avocados, a lot of important things happened. In the beginning of the chapter, Esperanza had noticed that her hands needed very much care. She put avocados on her hands to heal it.

Then, Esperanza found out that Mama had pneumonia and that Esperana can't see her in a long period of time!

In the middle of the chapter, everyone noticed that Esperanza was feeling down. They said that she should go to the supermarket with Miguel. While in the store, she bought a pinata for Mama so that she can think of her and another money order.

In the end of the chapter they ran into Marta again but this time with her mother! And Marta told them more details about the strike. Then, they also bumped into a poor family that needed living essentials, so she gave them some. Also, Esperanza found out that Miguel got a job at the train station! And that is a summary of the chapter Avocados.

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Avocados Summary

The Rising Rizzlers

In the begining of avocados Esperanza's hands are very damaged so she puts an avocado mixture on them to make them feel better.

In the middle of the chapter Esperanza goes to the market and buys Mama a piñata because she is getting worse, but she sees sad children and gives it to them instead.

At the end Miguel gets a job at the railroad station and they celebrate.

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In Esperanza rising, There are similes, metphors, show not tell, and even hyperboles! But out of all of the figurative language sentences, our favorite is the sentence that quotes,"marry Tio Luis? Marry a goat!?". This sentence is a metaphor. Metaphors are when you compare two items or people when using like or as. Also, this sentence is a metaphor becuase Tio Luis is a human being not a goat! he would never go " baah baah!".

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Book club name: the rising reading rizzlers

We found a lot of simles on page 28. Simles are comparing something using like or as. On page 28 it states, "Oh she looks like an angel. I know that this is a simle because it is using like to compare a porseln doll to an angel.

-Safwan and Fotios

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Sirjan, Bordia, Brady, John

There was a lot of figurative language from chapter 1-3. Our book club found a metaphor. A metaphor is a comparrison that does not use like or as. On page 32, the text states "Mama marry Tio Luis? Marry a goat?" This metaphor means Tio Luis is brainless, annoying, and selfish person." Tio Luis acts like a stupid goat to Esperaza.

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We found a meaphor on page 25, a meadaphor is a when when you compare something to another thing.The meadphor is "she felt as if she were in someone elses body..."we chose this quote becuase it let's us now how other people can feel different in different acasions. It also tell us ,"as she told the story she watched the grief twist senor Rodriguecn face and over took hoim as he sat down on the patio bench,".These 2 feelings connect by show how life is different without papa around and everyone has a similar reaction.

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Book Club: Rising Readers.

There is a lot of figurative language in "Esperanza Rising". On page 14,it says "There is no rose without thorns". It is a metaphor. A metaphor is when you compare two things without using like or as. It means there is no life without difficulties. I know this because it says " Esperanza smiled, knowing that Abuelita wasn't talking about flowers at all but that there was no life without difficulties."

-Sthuthi, Jonathan, Milan.

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Book Club: SEEK the Rising Depression

Throughout chapters 1-3 there are many pieces of figurative language. The type of figurative language we are doing is personification. Personfication is giving a non human thing a human quality. On page 1 it says "...watching his eyes dance with love for the land." The reason this is personification is because nobody's eyes can actually dance. This is why this sentence is personification.

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We found a lot personification on page 1. Our favorite is "Our land is alive... ." Personification is giving a non-human thing a human trait, or character. We know that this is personification, because the earth is not actually alive. In conclusion the quote "our land is alive... ." is personification and is one of our favorites.

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Book club: Esperanza's rising readers

There is a lot of personification in the book "Esperanza Rising." Personification is when you give a non-living object human qualities. On page 32 we chose the quote, "I will let you sleep on the decision..." We know this line is personification because you can't put a decision under your pillow and sleep on it. Also, this line enhances the book by using personification instead of just saying I'll give you one more day to think about your decision.

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In the book "Esperanza Rising," they have many breathtaking quotes such as metaphors. A metaphor is a type of figurative language that compares one thing to another without using the words "Like or as" We know this because on page 37 it states, "You were right, Esperanza. In Mexico we stand on different sides of the river." The meaning behind this metaphor is that their economic status had been so different that it was like there are standing on opposite sides of a river.

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This is what we pictured how the crochet blanket looked.

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Book Club: Las Uvas Quads

Throughout the chapters 1-3, there are a large amount of figurative language. Our favorite line is from page 14. It is personification. Personification is when we give a non-living object a human characteristic. The line we chose on page 14, Abulita says "Esperanza this way my love and good wishes will be in the blanket forever." The deep meaning behind this line is that when Abulita says it, she means that this blanket is specially important because on page 14, it says "When a strand of hair fell into her lap, Abulita picked it up and helded it against the yarn and stitched it into the blanket." We think that this blanket means a lot to Esperana because it was made by Abulita with a lot of hard work and love.

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Book club: Jarring readers

Our favorite piece of figurative language was on pg. 22, the text says, "She fell to her knees and sank to a dark hole of despair and disbelief." This type of figurative language is called a metaphor, a metaphor is a comparsion between two things while not using the words like or as. The deeper meaning of this quote is that Esperanza had found out that her dad had passed away couple minutes before.

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Figurative language- The Rising Readers 

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There Is a lot of personification in chapters 1-3 we found a metaphor, a metaphor is comparing two things without using the words like or as. On page 3 , It says "She pressed closer to the ground,until her body was breathing with the earth's" We know that this is a metaphor because the earth can not really breath. Also because it does not use the words like or as and it is comparing Esperanza breathing to the earth's heart breathing. It means she loves the feel of the valley and it feels like the valley is beating with her heart.

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Figurative language: Simile

Book Club: The Rising Rizzlers

We found a lot of figurative language in chapter 3. We picked a simile. The definition of a simile is comparing 2 things using like or as.On page 32 it says "Tio Luis's face hardened like a rock and the mussels twitched in his narrow neck." When Mama rejected his proposal of marriage he got embarrassed and angry. His face froze, he had no expression. Also, your face can't be as hard as a rock. This shows he had strong emotion.

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There are many examples of figurative language in Chapters 1-3. On page 3 we found personification. It says "She smiled at Papa, not needing to talk, her eyes saying everything." I know this is personification because you cannot speak out of your eyes. You can only say things with your mouth.

This means that she knew that Papa understood what she felt and didn't need to say anything. Papa didn't need to hear her words because he found out from her body language.

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Our character is Mama

and this is what we think mama looks like

Mama's response to her husbands death is that she insisted saying to Esperanza that she was strong for Esperanza , but very sad on the inside, saying "papa would have wanted it " I know this because on pg 27 it states ''Esperanza avoided opening her birthday gifts... Mama finally insisted, saying " Papa would have wanted it "

It also states on page 31 it says, " This is our home. My husband meant for us to live here" and she said that this house is worth 20 times more than ANY other house.

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nice looking young lady black and white 

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Character: Esperanza

Book club: The rising rizzlers

Esperanza's worst nightmare came true! Papa died! She really misses him/she is lonely and on page 23 she dreams about her father singing her the birthday song. Then, Senor Rodriguez came to their house with papayas that her dad ordered for her birthday. On page 25 it says " She took a quivery breath... she told the story...". Also at night she feels like the house is so empty without papa's voice and it deepens their sadness. After a while mama tells Esperanza to open her gifts, when she gets to papa's gift she sees the porcelain doll and it reminded her of an angel. She hugged the doll and ran out of the room.

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We think that Mama is a elegant, beautiful lady.

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Character: Mama

Book Club: Las Uvas Quads

Mama's reaction to Papa's death is miserable. We know this because on 22, it says "Mama fainted. Abulita and Hortensia ran to her side." Also, on page 27, it said "Esperanza often woke up to mama's soft crying."

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Esperanza is responding to her father's death a miserable tradegy! We know this because on page 25, Senor Rodriguez had brought papayas every year on Esperanza's fiesta on Papa's request and he had brought them this year not knowing that Papa had passed away, so Esperanza had to relive the whole miserable event. This is true because when Senor Rodriguez asked "Que paso nina" meaning what happened it states "She took a quivery breath." Additionally, it also says "...The two girls excused themselves and went to Esperanza's room where they sat on her bed, held hands, and wept as one." Lastly, another detail to show how Esperanza is responding to Papa's death is "Esperanza avoided opening her birthday gifts. Every time she looked at the packages, they reminded her of the happy fiesta she was supposed to have" which shows how devastated Esperanza was that she did not even open her birthday gifts. This evidence shows how Esperanza had been reacting to her father's death.

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This is what we picture Mama to look like.

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Character: ⭐Mama/Ramona

Book Club: Esperanza Bananzas

Mama is responding to her husbands death by trying to take his place and do what Papa would've wanted if he was still alive. I know this because, she responds to Esperanza not opening her presents with "Papa would've wanted it." Also, she declines Tio Luis' proposal because she is loyal to Papa and will not marry someone cunning and rude like Tio Luis. Although she fainted and is devestated by Papa's death she is being strong and confident on the outside. She is trying her best to have a strong and tough appearance for Esperanza even though she sees everything is spiraling into chaos and is wrong.

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Mama is devastated when she found out that her husband is dead . I know she is upset because she fainted on the spot when she saw a blanket over something that looked like a body. When Esperanza gets her presents she does not want to open them but Mama convinces her to open them.

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Character: Esperanza

Book club: We JAM

Esperanza responded to her dads death by being very upset. On page 27 it states "Esperanza avoided opening her birthday gifts". This was because she misses Papa but mama had insisted because she said "Papa would have wanted it". She became even sadder when she opened her gifts. Also on page 28 it says "Esperanza couldn't talk. Her heart felt so big and hurts so much that it crowded out her voice". Another detail is that on page 28 it says " She hugged the doll to her chest and walked out of the room".

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We imagined Mama as a sweet beautiful woman.

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Mama was very upset when her husband (Papa) is dead, although she tries to make sure her family is positive about it. I know this because on page 27 it says "Esperanza avoided opening her birthday gifts...Mama finally insisted, saying, "Papa would have wanted it.". Also, on page 27 it says "...Ezperanza often woke to Mama's soft crying.". This shows that Mama is upset, but is trying to make Esperanza happy by opening her birthday gifts. Even though Mama is sad, she cares for Esperanza very much. It must be very hard for Mama because she still has to have perfect manners. I know this because on page 26 it says "In front of the adults, Ezperanza modeled Mama's refined manners...". To sum everything up, Mama is upset and devistated that Papa died.

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Character: Mama

Book club: Esperanza's rising readers

Mama is devastated when she found out that her husband has passed away. We know this because on page 27 it says, " Esperanza often woke to Mama's soft crying." This shows that she was extremely upset when she found out he passed. She also (even though she is still grieving) tries to keep her family happy by encouraging Esperanza to open her birthday presents. In addition once she saw her husband's body covered by a blanket, she fainted. I couldn't believe that someone so kind and generous has to go through such a traumatic experience. Also, in chapter 3 Mama still has to have "refined manners" when it's time for Esperanza's fiesta. To sum it up, Mama definitely did not deserve for this to happen to her and all of her family.

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This is what we picture Tio Luis looking like. Evil old man!

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Character: Tio Luis

Book Club: Teacher Rising Readers

Tío Luis attempts to manipulate Esperanza and her mother by using their grief and vulnerability after the death of Esperanza’s father. We know this because on page 31, he offers them "help" by suggesting that they marry him in order to keep the family’s estate, but his true intentions are driven by greed and control. Another detail on page 33 proves this, his cold, calculating behavior is evident in his smile that "didn’t reach his eyes," signaling his lack of genuine concern for their well-being. Also, in Chapter 3, he also uses his position of power to further pressure Esperanza’s mother, showing that he’s not interested in their emotional needs but rather in securing his own dominance over the family.