“Don’t be afraid to start over.”These are the words that come from immigrants all over the universe. Immigrants have a rigid life. Some of them may have been very rich, but lost everything. Esperanza is just like one of these immigrants in the book Esperanza Rising by Pam Munzos Ryan. She was a very wealthy girl at first, but then she lost almost all of her money and some of her family. She had to move to America and work so she and her family could live. As she got older she had to deal with myriad of challenges such as Marta and her friends trying to get workers to strike, Mama gets valley fever from the dust storm, and Esperanza and other Mexicans face discrimination in the United States. Facing these challenges are very hard for Esperanza, but she had to persevere and never give up. …show more content…
When Esperanza is at the Jamaica Marta interrupted. On page 133 it asserts,”This is what we are, small, meek, animals. And this is how they treat us because we don’t speak up.” Some of the workers decide to strike with them and they start getting ready to strike. Then, later in the book they strike. The police come and send all the strikers they find to Mexico. Esperanza is scared and says on page 205,””What about us”, said Esperanza, her eyes riveted on the guards who caught the strikers and shoved them back toward the bus.” This is not the only challenges Esperanza faced as an