On the weekends the family visits these houses and dreams about moving there.
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He thought he could hear their child s breathing in the next room the near silent smooth sound of air in and out.
Her guests will think rats are squeaking in the attic but esperanza will happily tell them it s bums.
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Esperanza has stopped going with her family.
Bums in the attic esperanza wants a nice suburban house with a garden like the ones where her father works.
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Here in the u s attics are near the sky nooks comforting.
The house on mango street chapter 34 bums in the attic.
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When her family goes to the hills on sundays esperanza never wants to go.
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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.
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I don t share my attic with any bums because my office is in the attic but i do have a guest bedroom often occupied by guest writers artists.
Introduction it s been ten years since the house on mango street was first published.
Her papa teases her for being stuck up and thinking herself too old to go on such family outings.
Mango says goodbye sometimes a note about the author 4.
Esperanza really thinks that the people who live in those houses are stuck up and don t have to worry about anything but garbage.
The poor staying in esperanza s attic will not be rats as her dinner guests mistake them for but bums yet that word has no derogatory connotations readers sense for esperanza.
