“The memories we make with our family are everything.” This is true and is central to the book Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garica McCall. The book is a true story about a girl named Lupita who left Mexico to go to Texas, whose mother died and she has to help take care of her seven younger siblings. The author explores the theme of family bonds through character development, especially Lupita’s internal conflict as she struggles between two cultural worlds. Character development happened when she was in Mexico. She was pleased, and she was joyful. She had a good life, then she moved to Texas and her life turned upside down. She felt down all the time and she changed. In addition to moving to a different country, her mother has cancer. “While
