She thinks that her family looks too hungry by doing such an activity.
House on mango street bum in the attic.
Her guests will think rats are squeaking in the attic but esperanza will happily tell them it s bums.
She will allow the bums a place in her attic because she knows how it is to be without a house source s house on mango street.
Her papa teases her for being stuck up and thinking herself too old to go on such family outings.
Esperanza s papa holds up lottery tickets and talks about owning a house with three washrooms.
And esperanza promises to let bums stay in her attic when she has a nice house of her own.
Esperanza says that once she has the house of her dreams she will always remember where she came from.
When her family goes to the hills on sundays esperanza never wants to go.
Esperanza really thinks that the people who live in those houses are stuck up and don t have to worry about anything but garbage.
Bums in the attic.
Esperanza grows tired of this activity as she hates to look at the houses so close to the stars.
When bums pass by she will invite them in and let them stay in her attic because she knows what it s like to not have a house.
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Me being over ambitious decided to read the house on mango street and write my paper about mexican assimilation in the united states.
I find myself re reading this book at least once a year and my favorite vignette is called bums in the attic i have re typed it below.
Esperanza resolves to have a nice house someday but to never forget where she came from.
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On the weekends the family visits these houses and dreams about moving there.
Bums in the attic esperanza wants a house like the ones her father takes the family to see on sundays a house on a hill with a garden.
Esperanza s family takes drives up to the hills on sundays where her father works just to look around and see the beautiful houses.
The house on mango street chapter 34 bums in the attic.
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