Lucia is writing about an event in Esperanza Rising.
She hadn't noticed that several trucks were already unloading workers nearby. Then she heard it. First a small tittering and then louder. She turned around. A group of women were laughing at her. And in the middle of the group was Marta, pointing.
"¡La Cenicienta! Cinderella!" she laughed.
Burning with humiliation, Esperanza dropped the broom and ran back to the cabin.
In her room, she sat on the edge of the cot. Her face flushed again at the thought of the ridicule. She was still sitting there, staring at the wall, when Isabel found her.
"I said I could work. I told Mama I could help. But I cannot even wash clothes or sweep a floor. Does the whole camp know?"
Isabel sat down on the bed next to her and patted her back. "Yes."
Esperanza groaned. "I will never be able to show my face." She put her head in her hands until she heard someone else come into the room.
Esperanza looked up to see Miguel, holding a broom and a dustpan. But he wasn't laughing. She looked down and bit her lip so she wouldn't cry in front of him.
He shut the door, then stood in front of her and said, "How would you know how to sweep a floor? The only thing that you ever learned was how to give orders. That is not your fault. Anza, look at me."
She looked up.
"Pay attention," he said, his face serious. "You hold the broom like this. One hand here and the other here."
Esperanza watched.
"Then you push like this. Or pull it toward you like this. Here, you try," he said, holding out the broom.
Slowly, Esperanza got up and took the broom from him. He positioned her hands on the handle.
She tried to copy him but her movements were too big.
"Smaller strokes," said Miguel, coaching. "And sweep all in one direction."
She did as he said.
Which writing best describes how Esperanza responds to this event?
Esperanza is so unhappy after failing in her attempt to clean that she bursts into tears and runs to her mother. Mama calms her and promises to take her back to their former home.
Esperanza is so discouraged after hearing the laughter of the women that she drops her broom and runs back to the cabin. However, after an encouraging talk with her brother, Esperanza feels the courage to try again.
Esperanza is so embarrassed after the women laugh at her that she starts to brag about her old life with servants and fancy clothes. She feels much better after telling everyone that she once attended private school.
Esperanza is so silly after making a simple mistake that she starts to laugh at herself. She runs to Isabel and asks her to help her with her cleaning. The two girls help each other and become dear friends.
