Esperanza lives in a neighborhood steeped in poverty: Mice inhabit the homes and children run around barefoot and unsupervised in yards covered mostly in dirt instead of grass and trees. With Thanksgiving just around the corner, she might be hard pressed to find much for which to be thankful.
Your job today is to help Esperanza view Mango Street with appreciative eyes. What does her neighborhood and life offer her for which she might be thankful? Respond to this post using what you remember from the book and what you can infer Esperanza might appreciate and celebrate on Thanksgiving Day.
Address your FIRST comment to Esperanza. Then constructively respond to at least two other classmates.
38 comments:
Esperanza might not have what other have but there is much she should be thankful for. She has a home, a family that loves her, and friends. I'm sure that some of the other families in the barrio don't even have that much. Sure Esperanza's life could be a little more luxurious. The important things in life are not what you own, it is the people you love.
-Kaitlyn Joseph
Esperanza might not have what other kids have,
it doesnt matter how much money you have or what kind of stuff you get it matters how happy you are .
Thanksgiving is a time to get with the family and spend time with each other and have a good time not about the looks of your house town or yard
I completely agree with you Devin. Its not a time to look back on what you DON'T have, its a time to look at what you DO have and appreciate it.
-Kaitlyn Joseph
If I went to see a fortune teller, I would ask if i will be successful. I would want to know what I did with my life. Will I be famous? Will I be a mother? I believe that is a very legit question to ask.
-Kaitlyn Joseph
I completely agree with you kaitlyn
Esperanza should be thankful that she has a roof over her head even though she don't like it. When I lived on Toto road I didn't like the house but I was thankful that I had a roof over my head.
Esperanza probably doesn't have some things that oher kids have, but she also has more than what other people have. Some people don't even have a family to love them or a home to stay in Esperanza for Thanksgiving should be with her family and friends, and spend time with them. Remember live is great even with the little things, sometimes the smallest things are the greatest things people could have.
Esperanza may not have cool clothes, or cool toys, or even a nice house. Shes should be thankful she has a house has some cloths and eat everyday. instead of living on the street and not having food at all maybe once a week.
Esperanza has friends and she should be thankful for what she has instead of wanting stuff that other people have like nicer houses.....
Esperanza may not have much, but theres always something to be thankful for. She could be thankful for her family and friends because she does have them. She also gets an education, and she has shelter and food to be thankful for. Her shelter may not be exactly the way she wants it, but there are some people that don't have a place to call home.
I agree with Devin and Kaitlyn. Being happy and having family and friends to love you is something other people don't have.
I couldn't have said it better myself, Kourtney :)
-Kaitlyn Joseph
I believe Esperanza would be thankful her job, her school, and her family. Her job, because it will help her get into a better school and her school, because she can get an education to help her get free of her life style. Also, her family and friends, because they are there for her.
i agree with kourtney.
I argree with you Devin because I lived in a trashy house before but I was thankful I had a roof over my head.
I agree with Kaitlyn, it isn't always what you get sometimes its what you feel to be thankful for and if you have friends and family that love you, you should be more than thankful for that!
I agree with Kourtney, because that is a great point, she has so much to be thankful for, because some people don't have as much as other.
Esperanza can be thankful for her friends and family. Another thing she can be thankful for is being alive and actually having a house. One last thing Esperanza can be thankful for is having food to eat and clean water to drink.
Haley Hempel- Esperanza should be thankful that she at least has a house to live in and family and friends that care about her even if they are in a bad neighborhood i think she should be happy.
I also agree with Kaitlyn, because she made the same point as Kourtney, but you pointed out that she should be happy for the people around and not the material things.
She is not as lucky as other kids but at least she has a family that loves her.
River Warren
i agree with you kaitlyn
River Warren
Esperanza probably doesn't have some things that oher kids have but she also has more than what a lot of other kids have. Some people don't even have a roof over there head or a family Esperanza for Thanksgiving should be with her family and friends because thats what she really should be grateful for.
i also agree with you too kourtney.
River Warren
Esperanza has things that she can be thankful for but she just hasn't found out what it is but she will find out what to say she's thankful for
Esperanza at least has a good family life, and an education at a good school.
Esperanza probably dont care that she doesn't have a lot of money because she has some new friends and she has a family that loves her.
Haley Hempel- I agree with Anjelle Esperanza should be happy with what she has because a lot of other people don't have what she has even if she doesn't like it she should be happy.
I agree with Koutrney because I am happy that that I have a family and friends. I love spending time with family.
i agree with faith she does have a family that loves her and thats something she can be thankful for i know i say that every time we have Thanksgiving at me house
I thin k she might be thankful for her friend Rachel and Lucy but probably not would be thankful what happen to her grandma and aunt so she might also be thankful to her aunt that said "you just remember to keep writing".
esperanza you should be thankfull for your friends and family from dakota
You always have something to be thankful for, you can be thankful for life, for the freedom of your beliefs and other things you may have.
-Kyle Hullett
I agree with jarod because she has things to be thankful for she just doesn't know what
i agree with Kourtney wagner because she does have thing to be thankful for a lot of thing
Samuel Perez
I thin k she might be thankful for her friend Rachel and Lucy but probably not would be thankful what happen to her grandma and aunt so she might also be thankful to her aunt that said "you just remember to keep writing".
Sam Perez
I also agree with Kaitlyn, because she made the same point as Kourtney, but you pointed out that she should be happy for the people around and not the material things.
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