e has married once, but then soon divorced. She is very creative and very talented, but she never seems to settle down. She moves from job to job...never deciding what she wants to be. I have always thought of her as my favorite aunt because of her happiness. Every year I see her, and she always seems to be living the life that she wants. She just reminds me of someone who is wild and free.Chapter 5-Cathy Queen of Cats"You want a friend, she says."This quote reminds me of me when I was a little girl. I was so naive about things, and I always thought everything would go my way. I think of me back on the first day of first or second grade talking to new kids. I would probably have said something like..."hey you can be my friend." Now I know it doesn't work that way, you don't just choose your friends by looking at them. Chapter 6-Our Good Day"I have two new friends and a bike too."I really think that when Esperanza said that, she didn't care what Cathy thought. She just wanted some friends, and to have a bike too, well that was even better. Esperanza didn't just follow Cathys lead, she was her own person and wanted to do what she liked.Chapter 7-Laughter"Look at that house, I said, it looks like Mexico."Esperanza doesn't associate homes with her shame or independence. She associates them with family bonds, and heritage. Esperanza doesn't just look at a run down house and think of it as a crummy home. She thinks of it as someones home. Where a family has shared memories in it. She relates her time in Mexico to homes.Chapter 8-Gil's Furniture Bought & Sold"It's like all of a sudden he let go a million moths all over the dusty furniture and swan-neck shadows and in our bones."Esperanza is a very creative girl. Every word she uses to describe something is so imaginative and deep. The music in a way brings out her colorful and unique side. It took me a while to think about what the quote meant. But I really think that she is relating the musi...
