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Esperanza Being An Adult

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Esperanza is physically being an adult by getting her first job (pg 53). She works at the Peter Pan Photo Finishers. I was supposed to match negatives with their prints, just look at the picture and look for the same one on the negative strip, put it in the envelope, and do the next one (pg 54). Esperanza is emotionally being an adult when she was talking to her Papa one morning (pg 56). He told her he is going to pass away and need to go to Mexico. Because she is the oldest, she will have to explain to the others and why they can not talk or play. Esperanza is socially being an adult when she, Rachel, Lucy, and Nenny were making up songs about hips (pg 49). They were all taking turns, but when Nenny came, she did not understand
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