Comparing Four Skinny Trees And The Rose That Grew From Concre

The common theme between “Four Skinny Trees” and “The Rose That Grew From Concrete.” is you should push through any difficulty, despite the challenge you face. In “The Rose That Grew From Concrete” By Tupac Shakur, the rose grows in a difficult area, the crack of the concrete. This rose still pushed through and grew as a nice red rose, despite the difficult conditions. In “Four skinny trees”, Esperanza says the trees are “Raggedy excuses planted by the city” but they still manage to grow big and strong.
In “Four Skinny Trees”, Esperanza says that the trees are what keep her going through tough times. “When I am too sad and too skinny to keep keeping, when I am a tiny thing against so many bricks, then it is I look at trees. When there is nothing left to look at on this street. Four who grew despite concrete. Four who reach and do not forget to reach. Four whose only reason is to be and be.” Esperanza and the trees both have similar situations, where Esperanza feels backed into a wall, but so were the trees, having to grow in a harsh environment. The trees however, kept going forward and grew as if their only reason is “to be and be.” Esperanza wants to be like these trees. She wants to grow despite that challenge she faces.

In the poem, Tupac says “learned to walk without having feet. Funny it seems, but by keeping it's dreams, it learned to breathe fresh air.” The use of figurative language with “learned to walk without having feet'' shows how the rose had to grow through the difficulties of growing in a harsh environment. Tupac then later says “But by keeping it’s dreams, it learned to breathe fresh air.” This quote shows how the rose, even though not placed in the best situation, pushed through the challenge of being grown in a crack of concrete. The rose didn’t give