By' Pam Munoz Ryan

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ESPERANZA RISIING
By. Pam Munoz Ryan
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MAIN IDEA

• The bandits killed Esperanzas dad.
• Esperanza had to pay all of the bills.
• Esperanzas mama had a disease.
• Esperanza and her family almost got caught with
  the bandits to.
• Esperanza got a glass doll from her dad.
• Esperanza gave the glass doll to her friend that
  was poor and wanted one her whole life.

Esperanza is a young girl who has a very
difficult life.
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THEME
Esperanza had learned a lot of things in the book
but some of the things were good and some were
bad but very important thing that she learned is
to never yell at anybody or your friend or family
member could get hurt very bad. Another thing
that Esperanza learned was to never get to exited
about what people tell you cause something could
happen to that person and then you would be
really upset.
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PLOT

• Esperanzas dad died.
• Esperanza saved her mama and her familys life.
• Miguel brought back Ramona (Esperanzas grandma.
• Esperanza had been saving up coins to bring her
  grandma back.
• Esperanza gave her glass doll that she got from
  papa to Isabel.

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SETTING
Then a very small cabin
In the beginning of the story the setting was at
Mexico. That was were Esperanza use to live. then
Esperanzas uncle caught it on fire cause
Esperanzas mama wouldnt marry him. So after
that they decided to move to California. At first
Esperanza didnt want to move to California, but
then she got threw with it. Esperanza couldnt
have done it without Isabel.
First a very big house.
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CHARACTER DESCRIPTION
Mama Mama was another main character in the
story. She almost got married right after papa
died, but she said no. After that the whole
family moved to Mexico and then a very terrible
thing happened mama got a disease it is called
valley fever. Mama was just like Esperanza she
had dark brown hair just like her. When mama
wasnt out in the fields she would be knitting.
Esperanza Esperanza is the main character in the
story cause they mostly talking about how
difficult her life was. Esperanza is a very smart
girl, but sometimes she can get a little worried.
Esperanza will never give up, like when she saved
up all the money orders to save her grandma by
bringing her to California. She was a little
sensitive in the middle and the end of the book
but she got over it. Esperanza was very loving.
Esperanza always had a straight face on ever
since her dad died.
Papa Papa is not in the story that much because
he died. Papa was a very loving and caring
father. He had a tradition to give Esperanza a
glass doll every year for her birthday. Papa
always wore a big black belt and a cowboy hat.
Papa and Esperanza loved to go out into the
fields and listen to the heart beat of the world.
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WORDS I DON'T KNOW

• Cluster- She put the knife to it, and with a
  quick swipe, the heavy cluster of grapes dropped
  into her waiting hands. I think the definition
  would be, a group of grapes. A number of things
  of the same kind, growing or held together.
• Holm oak-Even though their houses were acres
  apart, they met every Saturday beneath the Holm
  oak on a rise between two branches. I would think
  the word means a kind of bark on a tree. An ever
  green oak, in Southern Europe, having foliage
  resembling that of the holly.
• Pulsed- Big pearls of blood pulsed from the tip
  of her thumb and she automatically thought , bad
  luck. I think it means came out really fast. To
  beat or throb pulsate.
• Massive- As the water soothed her, she looked
  through the massive wooden gates that open into
  thousands of acres of papas land. I would think
  it means old. Large and heavy- looking.
• Scorn- when you scorn these people, you scorn
  Miguel, Hortensia, and Alfonso. I think it would
  mean to be disrespectful. Open or unqualified
  contempt.

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THE DUST BOWL

• as the drought went on, in the 1930s the farmer
  kept plowing and planting, but nothing would
  grow.
• This year there were fourteen storms reported and
  next year there will be 38.
• Almost 125 acres of land now in crops are losing
  topsoil.
• FDR approves the emergency relief appropriation
  act which provides 525million drought relief.
• In 1939 the dust bowl finally ends.

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SLIDE NINE
Simile Isabel is as cute as a doll. Metaphor
Isabel is a cute doll. Alliteration Isabel is in
Illinois.
Simile Esperanza looks like a Mexican. Metaphor
Esperanza is a Mexican. Alliteration Esperanza
eats eggs every day.
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THE AUTHOR
I think the author would feel as if it happened
to her or someone she knows. Then again she could
feel very emotional, and sad. I would also think
that she meant to make the story very sad in the
beginning and middle, so that at the end of the
story it would be a surprise. Thats how I think
the author feels in the Esperanza Rising.