As and immigrant people move from one country to another, and have to start over because of tragedy, they need work, or discrimination. Well a girl named Esperanza from Mexico where she was rich moved to California Where she then became poor. Esperanza did the same as most immigrants which was having to move to the united states cause of tragedy. Although Esperanza had faced many challenges her hardest one’s were she did not know how to do daily chores because she always had servants, the dust storm caused her mama to become sick with valley fever, and she and other mexicans faced discrimination in the U.S. First, one of Esperanza’s main challenges was she did not no how to do daily chores because she had always had servants. On page 116 it said, “In her entire life Esperanza had never held a broom in her hand”. In this time rich landowners did not no how to do daily chores because they always had servants, like Esperanza. She decides she needs to pull her weight by sweeping and cleaning. On page 116 it had said,” onion jackets flew into the air instead of gathering into a neat pile like …show more content…
On page 153 it said,”Mama had changed because after the storm she had never stopped coughing”. In this time new people that moved to California were not used to the dust storms and when they came they would often get sick with valley fever because of the dust that would gather in their lungs when the dust storms came through. Esperanza and mama decides that mama needs to lay down until dinner time and then wake back up in time for dinner and they would hope that she would feel better. On page 154 it sad,” her cheeks were flushed red, her arms were burning, and she was not waking. When the doctor came he told everybody that she had valley fever. In my opinion this is one of Esperanza’s worst challenges because she had already lost her papa and it would be even worse if she had lost her mama