“I could’ve been somebody, you know? My mother says and sighs. She has lived in this city her whole life. She can speak two languages. She can sing an opera. She knows how to fix a T.V.” (Cisneros). In the vignette, “A Smart Cookie” by Sandra Cisneros, it states how the mother of a girl named Esperanza regrets not going to school and not becoming the person she wanted to be. Esperanza’s mother complains about not having done something with her life. The mother seemed disgusted with her younger self and told Esperanza not to be like her. The mother of Esperanza regrets her life choices she made. She wants Esperanza to have a better life and make better choices than what the mother made. “She used to draw when she had the time. Now she draws with a needle and thread...She borrows opera records from the public library and sings with velvety lungs powerful as morning glories” (Cisneros). The mother had so many talents that she could have made a career out of, but because of the choices she made, she did not pursue an occupation that her talents pertained to. As an effect, the mother regrets not being more than she could have been. “Shame is a bad thing, you know. It keeps you down. You want …show more content…
Because I didn’t have nice clothes. No clothes, but I had brains” (Cisneros). The mother was ashamed of not having nice clothes and had dropped school because of that. Quitting school ended up as one of the