represented by the red balloon, waiting to fly away. The cultural norm of her role was her anchor, holding her back.
3. Which of the metaphors that Esperanza uses to describe her name do you find the most striking?
The narrator discussed her aunt as a woman that, “looked out the window her whole life.” Reading her words, she did not seem joyful to share a name with her Aunt as she stated her name meant, “sadness, it means waiting… songs like sobbing.” The narrator has a constant need throughout the novel…
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