The topic of names was interesting to me in this book because it reminded me of past readings like Hyman Kaplan and Daniel La France. Esperanza talks about how her sister gets a nickname, but she doesn't, and I was wondering why you think Esperanza felt like she couldn't have a nickname?
Also, the chapter about the snow was an amazing metaphor: on one hand we have thirty different names for snow and on the other we have two different kinds. I thought this was a good explanation of how these girls saw the people around them because there are billions of different names for people but a very generalized view is "clean" and "dirty." I think this is a concept that follows Esperanza, especially surrounding the shame that she feels about her house or the clothes that she's comfortable wearing or being around.
Do you think there's any other significance to the snow and cloud metaphor?
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