by 22A Williams https://padlet.com/22awilliams35527/gn5tx67mbksq Made with serendipity en-us 2019-02-08 18:51:35 UTC 2025-04-07 14:49:05 UTC hello@padlet.com Theme Statement 22ccorcoran26229 https://padlet.com/22awilliams35527/gn5tx67mbksq/wish/329367395 Cisneros uses imagery and tone to portray the theme of Esperanza's pessimistic outlook on her neighborhood.]]> 2019-02-08 19:08:48 UTC https://padlet.com/22awilliams35527/gn5tx67mbksq/wish/329367395 Topic 22awilliams35527 https://padlet.com/22awilliams35527/gn5tx67mbksq/wish/329368886 The topic discussed is Meme Ortiz's backyard.]]> 2019-02-08 19:11:38 UTC https://padlet.com/22awilliams35527/gn5tx67mbksq/wish/329368886 Explain 22erubin26412 https://padlet.com/22awilliams35527/gn5tx67mbksq/wish/329369145 This quote shows that Esperanza does not think highly of the yard or of her neighborhood in general. She does not express any positive feelings of the yard and the tone is very negative.]]> 2019-02-08 19:12:08 UTC https://padlet.com/22awilliams35527/gn5tx67mbksq/wish/329369145 Evidence 22awilliams35527 https://padlet.com/22awilliams35527/gn5tx67mbksq/wish/329369868 Esperanza says "Around the back is a yard, mostly dirt, and a greasy bunch of boards that used to be a garage."]]> 2019-02-08 19:13:33 UTC https://padlet.com/22awilliams35527/gn5tx67mbksq/wish/329369868 Quote 22erubin26412 https://padlet.com/22awilliams35527/gn5tx67mbksq/wish/329371038 “Out front there are twenty one steps, all lopsided and jutting like crooked teeth…...Around the back is a yard, mostly dirt, and a greasy bunch of boards that used to be a garage. All around, the neighborhood of roofs, black tarred and A framed, and in the gutters, the balls that never came back down to earth." pg: 21-22]]> 2019-02-08 19:16:06 UTC https://padlet.com/22awilliams35527/gn5tx67mbksq/wish/329371038 Quote 22mbaxter08088 https://padlet.com/22awilliams35527/gn5tx67mbksq/wish/330039755 “Downstairs from Meme’s basement apartment that Meme’s mother fixed up and rented to a Puerto Rico family. Louie’s family. Louie is the oldest in a family of little sisters. He’s my brothers friend really, but I know he has two cousins and that his T-shirts never stay tucked in his pants.” 

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]]> 2019-02-11 18:57:48 UTC https://padlet.com/22awilliams35527/gn5tx67mbksq/wish/330039755 Theme 22mbaxter08088 https://padlet.com/22awilliams35527/gn5tx67mbksq/wish/330039856 The theme that everyone has their own standards of rich and poor is illustrated by Cisneros through imagery.]]> 2019-02-11 18:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/22awilliams35527/gn5tx67mbksq/wish/330039856 Topic 22mbaxter08088 https://padlet.com/22awilliams35527/gn5tx67mbksq/wish/330041353 The topic discussed is levels of wealth.]]> 2019-02-11 19:00:30 UTC https://padlet.com/22awilliams35527/gn5tx67mbksq/wish/330041353 Explain 22mbaxter08088 https://padlet.com/22awilliams35527/gn5tx67mbksq/wish/330045790 In this second quote Esperanza speaks about Louie's cousin. She uses this quote to explain how little Louie has. However she doesn't say it as if its anything surprising or out of the norm. She is in the same situation]]> 2019-02-11 19:08:48 UTC https://padlet.com/22awilliams35527/gn5tx67mbksq/wish/330045790 Evidence 22mbaxter08088 https://padlet.com/22awilliams35527/gn5tx67mbksq/wish/330048050 "I know he has two cousins and that his 
t-shirts never stay tucked in his pants." pg. 23]]> 2019-02-11 19:12:28 UTC https://padlet.com/22awilliams35527/gn5tx67mbksq/wish/330048050 Evidence 22mbaxter08088 https://padlet.com/22awilliams35527/gn5tx67mbksq/wish/330048214 "We were playing volley ball in the alley when he came up in a big yellow Cadillac...Everybody looked inside the car and asked where he got it." 
pg. 24]]> 2019-02-11 19:12:42 UTC https://padlet.com/22awilliams35527/gn5tx67mbksq/wish/330048214 22mbaxter08088 https://padlet.com/22awilliams35527/gn5tx67mbksq/wish/330182714 "Backyard of Esperanza"]]> 2019-02-12 03:44:44 UTC https://padlet.com/22awilliams35527/gn5tx67mbksq/wish/330182714 Explain 22mbaxter08088 https://padlet.com/22awilliams35527/gn5tx67mbksq/wish/330183704 This quote helps illustrate the idea that everyone sees wealth in a different way. To these kids who have very little, this Cadillac is the most amazing thing they've ever seen. The car also helps add to the idea of wealth. Because they live in a very poor area, kids resort to stealing and don't think smart. ]]> 2019-02-12 03:49:27 UTC https://padlet.com/22awilliams35527/gn5tx67mbksq/wish/330183704 22mbaxter08088 https://padlet.com/22awilliams35527/gn5tx67mbksq/wish/330189481 the yellow cadillac after it was crashed by Louie's cousin]]> 2019-02-12 04:26:28 UTC https://padlet.com/22awilliams35527/gn5tx67mbksq/wish/330189481 22mbaxter08088 https://padlet.com/22awilliams35527/gn5tx67mbksq/wish/330189832 2019-02-12 04:29:21 UTC https://padlet.com/22awilliams35527/gn5tx67mbksq/wish/330189832