Grapes+and+Papayas

This is a viñedo.

=Meet Esperanza on her 13th birthday, her father owns great vineyards and harvests the grapes every year right around her birthday.=

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=She lives in Aguascalientes, Mexico on El Rancho de las Rosas.= =Esperanza pricks her finger on the thorn of a rose bush and it begins to bleed-= =a bad omen.=

=Something is about to happen that will change her life forever.= =A papaya tree=

==Marisol's father brought papayas for Esperanza's birthday, but she didn't have a birthday party. When she found out her father died, Esperanza didn't feel like eating them.== 1. How did Mama and Esperanza feel when Tio Luis asked Mama to marry him? 2. Why did he ask her to marry him? 3. If you were in Esperanza’s situation, would you have opened your birthday presents? Why or why not?
 * Discussion Questions for homework **

Answers to #1 When Hortensia and Esperanza heard that Tio Luis wanted to marry Ramona they felt anger and resentment because Ramona's husband or Esperanza's father had just died and they didn't have the heart for it.

Esperanza felt really scared. One night she had nightmares about a bear which probably represented Tio Luis. I think Esperanza's mom felt nervous or anxious.

Answers to #2 I think Tio Luis wanted to marry mama because Tio always loved her inside of his evil heart. Or he just wants a Queen for the town in Mexico, Aguascalientes.

Answers to #3 I would open them cause they are the last thing papa gave me.