5Comments
- Esmeralda and her family went to a bunch of different churches.
- Esmeralda and her brothers(including sisters) met other relatives as they got older
- Esmeralda hated being called "casi señorita" (almost a young lady)
- Her grandmother was very strong
- Esmeralda feels like her mom isn't going to comeback for her.
4Questions
- Why did Esmeralda take 3 nickles out of the pig-bank?
- How did meeting other relatives when they were big affect them?
- Did Esmeralda want to go to New York at first?
- When is Esmeralda's mom coming back?
3Vocabulary
- Heathens: an unconverted member of a people or nation that does not acknowledge the God of the Bible
- Bespectacled: Wearing eyeglasses.
- Reverbeating: To resound in a succession of echoes; reecho
2Literary Devices
- Simile- "...dress like princesses when ever possible,.. "
- Simile- "The visit with my cousins took on a routine as dull and uninspired as the previous days had been exhilarating."
1Summarizing Sentence
- This chapter is about the splitting up of Esmeralda's family to different parts of Puerto Rico and, how Esmeralda thought of herself ( a señorita) not casi.