In this quote, Esperanza explains how outsiders see her neighborhood as dangerous but the community within is strong and comfortable with each other. Some people may not understand how these folk live, and why they live this way, but despite their difference, the neighborhood has their own culture and way of living. 

In this chapter, Esperanza introduces the Vargas family and their situation. Rosa is a single mother who cares for her children, 'too many of them', as Esperanza explains. She also explains how the father of the children just up and left, without leaving anything behind. Esperanza explains how hard Rosa works to help the children. Culture does not always affect family issues, but Esperanza seems to explain the Vargas family situation as if it happens often with families around her. Mothers being stay at home moms while their husbands work, and then up and leaving the mother with the children.  

This quote helps develop the theme culture because it shows that outsiders think people in Esperanza's neighborhood are dangerous and a treat. They come from a different lifestyle and culture they don't see from the inside that the community is filled with very kind people. Shows that individuals are quick to judge if they look or seem different. 

This quote helps develop the theme culture because its describing how Geraldo struggled with culture remorse and the struggle that came leaving his home country. This happened a lot in the neighborhood and you could see and experience as a reader them coming together as a community aside from their differences.

This quote helps develop the theme culture because it shows that throughout the vignettes the neighborhood becomes better because they all come together as one with compassion and as a community. They accept each others cultures and learn to work with each other.

This imagery is made by using descriptive details to describe her name and paint a picture in the readers mind about how hard it is to pronounce her name. Esperanza's  has history behind her name and it connects to her hispanic culture. In Spanish her name means Hope and although she might not like it because she doesn't want to following in her great-grandmothers footsteps her name has culture surrounding it.

This metaphor describes and shows culture by bringing up Esperanza's hispanic culture. Showing what music they listen two, what her name is based of off , and ect. Her family hopes for a better life in America but have not yet achieved that.

In this quote Esperanza is describing what happened when her Papa told her that her grandfather died. The theme of culture is presented more emotionally in this quote. It explains how the Hispanic culture deals with death. Esperanza is describing her dad as "crumpling like a coat" to show the affect the death made on her Papa.

These girls don't seem like they wear clean clothes or just not clean at all. They don't act put together or proper. This shows that the "culture" in the neighborhood is quick to judge based of looks.

In this metaphor Esperanza compares herself to a red balloon because her house is painted in red paint. Esperanza feels trapped and held down in her house with no hope for the future. In her neighborhood there is a stereotype that no one will have a good future and wont make it very far in life and that is exactly what Esperanza is afraid of.