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Esperanza Rising Writing Response Questions

The document provides 4 writing response questions about the novel Esperanza Rising that ask the student to: 1) Compare Esperanza's new home in America to her home in Mexico and discuss why Mama gets angry when Esperanza points out differences. 2) Explain why Mama alone gets sick after a dust storm and how it affects Esperanza. 3) Compare the labor camp Esperanza lives in to strikers' camps and how seeing the strikers' camp affects Esperanza. 4) Analyze how the last sentence of the novel relates to its overall themes.

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Esperanza Rising Writing Response Questions

The document provides 4 writing response questions about the novel Esperanza Rising that ask the student to: 1) Compare Esperanza's new home in America to her home in Mexico and discuss why Mama gets angry when Esperanza points out differences. 2) Explain why Mama alone gets sick after a dust storm and how it affects Esperanza. 3) Compare the labor camp Esperanza lives in to strikers' camps and how seeing the strikers' camp affects Esperanza. 4) Analyze how the last sentence of the novel relates to its overall themes.

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Esperanza Rising Writing Response Questions

Describe the cabin where Esperanza must live in America. How does this home compare to her home in Mexico? When Esperanza points out these differences, why does Mama become angry with her? Is Mama right to be angry with her? Why or why not?

Esperanza Rising Writing Response Questions


After the dust storm, Mama is the only one of the workers in the cabin to become ill. Why is this so? How does her illness affect Esperanza? Why does Esperanza agree to cut the eyes out of the potatoes?

Esperanza Rising Writing Response Questions


Compare the strikers' camp to the camp in which Esperanza lives. How does seeing this camp and its inhabitants affect Esperanza?

Esperanza Rising Writing Response Questions


Read the last sentence of the novel, and explain how it relates to the book's themes.

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