It is a simple acknowledgment that esperanza s attic guests as opposed to her dinner table guests one could surmise are poor and yet deserve acceptance and welcome.
Why is ezperanza determined in bums in the attic.
She hopes to live in a big house on a hill one day and keep bums in her attic instead of rats.
Esperanza decides how she ll approach her future in bums in the attic while in beautiful cruel she decides how she will define herself sexually.
Questions 1 esperanza s father is a gardener 2 she is ashamed 3 she dreams she has a house on the hill 4 she will keep bums in her attic because she understands what its like to be without a house 5 it shows that esperanza is open to other people i think people might react badly to this because most people think bums are bad people.
Her guests will think rats are squeaking in the attic but esperanza will happily tell them it s bums.
Esperanza says that once she has the house of her dreams she will always remember where she came from.
Esperanza really thinks that the people who live in those houses are stuck up and don t have to worry about anything but garbage.
Notes esperanza has matured enough that she realizes dreams alone do not accomplish anything.
The poor staying in esperanza s attic will not be rats as her dinner guests mistake them for but bums yet that word has no derogatory connotations readers sense for esperanza.
Esperanza resolves to have a nice house someday but to never forget where she came from.
When esperanza talks about clouds and hips with her friends how does she describe them.
She climbed all the ways up to tito s house and told his mother how the.
What does this symbolize.
It is telling that she does not believe that once she becomes rich she will be a different person.
When bums pass by she will invite them in and let them stay in her attic because she knows what it s like to not have a house.
Who does esperanza decide to let live in the attic of her dream house.
She will allow the bums a place in her attic because she knows how it is to be without a house.
Her new thoughts however introduce new problems.
Tragic women like minerva and rafaela in the previous sections have reaffirmed esperanza s desire to be independent.
Hopes and dreams 8.
The simplicity with which the chapter is told.
The monkey garden esperanza tries to defend sally against the boys.
Rather she will purposely try to hold on to parts of her background and personality.
She says she will happily invite bums to live in her attic.
