Esperanza, the Spanish word for hope; to me it seems to be underlying factor in this novel. Esperanza hopes to one day have a house of her own, to live in house her parents have dreamed of, to break away and be something more than she is now. Hope is a word that implies wanting and wishing, even despair, but despite that there is a shimmer of something greater (outside or inside of yourself), that desire that even if as small as a pinhole can keep a person going. Hope, unlike faith (faith is more like the spiritual persons hope), is present in everyone; everyone has hopes, ambitions and dreams. It surprised me that people can criticize faith, but have the same blindness in their own aspirations of hope. We all hope, hope that we get good grades, hope that we do not hit by a car, hope to find a good job, hope for a certain person not to become president and hope the best for our family and friends; the list could go on and on. To me, Esperanza represents that innate part of each of us as live our lives everyday, going to school or working, in hope that a better day is coming tomorrow.
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