2. Mexico for Esperanza is home and familiar. Her father is a land owner with money and workers. Esperanza lives quite an idyllic life. In California Easperanza had her mother are poor migrant labourers. They work hard for very little money. They feel alienated and isolated.
3. Esperanza saw brown barren mountains, golden hills, and canyons. She tries to find her own connection to the land by listening for the hearbeat. “She stretched our on her stomach” (p. 91). She doesn’t hear it, and it makes her so upset that she passes out. “She tried to find the place in her life where her heart was anchored… She felt as if she was falling… Suddenly the world went black” (p. 92).Comparing California to Mexico
4. Isabel is Juan and Josefina's daughter teaches Esperanza how to take care of the babies and do chores. She is younger than Esperanza but has a great deal of maturity and knowledge about living in the camp. Isabel's dream is to go to school so she can learn English. She loves hearing stories about Esperanza's privileged life in Mexico.
Marta is a teenage girl who lives in an adjacent camp with her mother, Ava.
Marta fights for the rights of migrant workers and organizes a strike. She often mocks Esperanza for her privileged upbringing and lack of experience doing manual labor. When immigration officials break up the strike, however, Esperanza helps Marta hide.
