How can you go through life by choosing marriage over education? Being a poor. Latina adolescent who longs for a room of her own and a house of which she can be proud of? Sometimes when you go through life there will be time you face struggles and wouldn‘t know how to get through it. As her being a woman she finds her way through life without being married and take 5 education to heart. To being with, education is the key to life, when you go through you will need to learn things. And for Esperanza that’s what she chose to do in life instead of staying in the house running around trying to prove for her family. Just like her mother she. dropped out of school took take care of her and her family. Now she sees in her eyes why, should she stop what she going for to settle down and have a family. Having a family can slow you down a lot in life.
For example “When the kids are asleep after she’d them their pancake dinner. she writes poems on little pieces of paper that she folds over and over and holds in her hand a long time, little pieces of paper that smell like a dime”. (Cisneros) Therefore, I feel like in the chapter Minerva is probably very excellent at writing poems but, I think that the only way for her to write poems is her only way out in her head. She can’t leave physically but mentally she can. If she didn’t get married and have kids should would be a great poet but, she torn between her marriage and getting out. The only way is to leave with her children but, keeps falling into the husband trap. Also. she shouldn’t want her girls to go through the pain and hurt her taking.
She should want them to have a great education then, when the time IS right off and get married to the right man and not get abused like she has. Secondly, as you grow up in life there are times your parents won’t have, the money to give you nice things like the other children. Sometimes when you do see your parents struggle in life you keep begging knowing they can‘t give it to you, really puts pressure on them because, they know you might not feel loved, So for Esperanza being a poor Latina and not being able to have her room as a girl or them having a new house makes her feel sad. For example, ” It’s me- Mama said,“ I open up and she‘s there with bags and big boxes, the new clothes and , yes she‘s got the socks and a new slip with a little rose and pink-and-white striped dress” Where’s the shoes she asked?” (Cisneros) Now, she’s wonder where the shoes are like all girls.
They are in love with shoes right? Well for Esperanza she is. I understand where she‘s coming she would rather have worn her nice old dress but have a new pair of shoes. I would want the same thing but. she also has to look at it her mom only had enough for the new things. On the hand, her mama was thinking she wants her look very nice. Another example, there are some people out there who really can’t afford all the nice things she has, if she really looks at it that way. She wouldn’t have anything to complain about. I have learned that myself, when l was just a spoiled brat but, as soon as I grew up I understood even, though they want to please us every time we ask for the most expensive things knowing they can’t afford it. Thirdly. Esperanza longs for her to have her own room. If she thinks she’s poor why. would she want to have her own room when she has to share with her sisters?
Now she‘s lucky she has somewhere to stay but, I guess having your own room is a good thing since you get to have your own space. Ana for you to get away from everything and everyone. Plus she probably wants her own room so that she can’t focus more on her school work and write. So she can have some peace and quiet. Once, she gets her own place she wouldn‘t have to worry about all that like she states in the chapter “A House Of my Own”. So until then she needs. to live with it and make her way around the struggle she‘s going through. I really can’t understand what‘s she gomg through because, lam the only girl in my household but, know knowing you have to share with your sisters sucks. I witness an experience with that situation with my own cousins. They hate not having their own space either one is messy or goes through each other‘s things.
Esperanza has to realize there can be some positive ways in sharing a room. instead of looking at her life in a negative way. To conclude, how can you go through life by choosing marriage over education? Being a poor, Latina adolescent who longs for a room of her own and a house of which she can be proud of? Sometimes when you go through life there will be time you face struggles and wouldn’t know how to get through it. As her being a women she finds her way through life without being married and take s education to the heart. So that answers my question, it can be a struggle going through life choosing marriage over education, but you have to do what fits you and your life. Not what your mother think or father because, you are the one who has to face all the trouble snot them. An for to say she poor she‘s far from it. She has roof over head and has somewhere to sleep and eat other people don’t so, she pretty lucky just most of us out here in the world.
