https://padlet.com/LiamWinstead/nybrqyly2aga By: The Jake Paulers en-us 2017-11-06 22:30:53 UTC 2025-11-02 21:45:12 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Xmastree.png 21tbernales35714 https://padlet.com/LiamWinstead/nybrqyly2aga/wish/204151585 “Your mama’s frijoles. Your ugly mama’s toes. That’s stupid. Bebe, Blanca, Benny . . . Who’s stupid? Rachel, Lucy, Esperanza, and Nenny.” (Cisneros 38)

 In this quote, Nenny jokingly insults Esperanza’s mom and says that the stupid clouds are Rachel, Lucy, Esperanza, and Nenny. |

Topics discussed in this quote is clouds, friends, families, looks, jokes, and hate. 

The big idea that is being conveyed by Cisneros is friendships change over time. With the metaphor that compares Rachel, Lucy, Esperanza, and Nenny to clouds, it helps develop how clouds change just like friendships.]]> 2017-11-06 22:36:47 UTC https://padlet.com/LiamWinstead/nybrqyly2aga/wish/204151585 LiamWinstead https://padlet.com/LiamWinstead/nybrqyly2aga/wish/204152088 Cisneros uses metaphors and imagery within the vignette “And Some More” in order to illustrate/support/emphasize the theme that just like how clouds change every day, the personalities of people change over time.

]]> 2017-11-06 22:39:18 UTC https://padlet.com/LiamWinstead/nybrqyly2aga/wish/204152088 21tbernales35714 https://padlet.com/LiamWinstead/nybrqyly2aga/wish/204152198 “You can do what you want Nenny, but you better not talk to Lucy or Rachel if you want to be my sister.”
(Cisneros 37)

 In this quote, Esperanza talks about how if Rachel or Lucy keep talking bad about her mother she will no longer be friends with them as well as being friends with her sister.

 Topics discussed in this quote is   Friendship and Family.

The theme is family comes first. Literary devices helps convey the theme of Family by showing how Esperanza can defend her family and her pride.]]> 2017-11-06 22:39:50 UTC https://padlet.com/LiamWinstead/nybrqyly2aga/wish/204152198 21tbernales35714 https://padlet.com/LiamWinstead/nybrqyly2aga/wish/204152745 “My mama? You better not be saying that, Lucy Guerrero. You better not be talking like that… else you can say goodbye to being my friend forever.” (Cisneros 37)

In this quote, Lucy made a joke about Esperanza’s mom being ugly and Esperanza got very upset.

Topics discussed are Family, Friendship, and Relationships

The theme being conveyed is that family is more important than anything else, it comes before friends. It uses indirect characterization of Esperanza to show that she cares about her family and that supports the theme. ]]> 2017-11-06 22:42:29 UTC https://padlet.com/LiamWinstead/nybrqyly2aga/wish/204152745 21tbernales35714 https://padlet.com/LiamWinstead/nybrqyly2aga/wish/204153992 2017-11-06 22:48:02 UTC https://padlet.com/LiamWinstead/nybrqyly2aga/wish/204153992 21tbernales35714 https://padlet.com/LiamWinstead/nybrqyly2aga/wish/204154972 2017-11-06 22:52:32 UTC https://padlet.com/LiamWinstead/nybrqyly2aga/wish/204154972