In 2014 the latino a poets video project was launched by the poet and professor ruben quesada eastern illinois university.
Bums in the attic meaning.
Her papa teases her for being stuck up and thinking herself too old to go on such family outings.
Housing the bums in the attic will be not an act of segregation keeping them out of sight but a true and genuine act of hospitality.
Bret lott he woke up.
Makes you feel like you are there with her hearing the bums in the attic when she says that the people who live in the hills sleep close to the stars it paints a picture of a starry night with a mansion on a hill in the forefront of the picture.
Esperanza resolves to have a nice house someday but to never forget where she came from.
The goal of the project is to celebrate latino a poets from the past.
Her guests will think rats are squeaking in the attic but esperanza will happily tell them it s bums.
It is a simple acknowledgment that esperanza s attic guests as opposed to her dinner table guests one could surmise are poor and yet deserve acceptance and welcome.
The house on mango street chapter 34 bums in the attic.
Esperanza really thinks that the people who live in those houses are stuck up and don t have to worry about anything but garbage.