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 Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Esperanza Rising is a Historical Fiction novel by Pam Muñoz Ryan, published in 2000.Esperanza Ortega, the only child of a wealthy landowner, lives a charmed life on her family's ranch in Mexico. But when Esperanza's father is murdered and their ranch burns down, Esperanza and her mother Ramona flee with their servants and family friends to a migrant worker camp in California, right in the middle of The Great Depression. Missing her grandmother and her previous privileged life, unused to a life of hard work, and facing injustice after injustice, Esperanza struggles to rise above her current situation.
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 Character Development: Esperanza goes from a rich girl scorning the "peasants" who work alongside her to a hardworking young girl who sympathizes with them.
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 Didn't Think This Through: While the strike was necessary and there were good intentions behind it, it's obvious that the American-born workers didn't consider that their employers could change the rules to deport them to Mexico and literally tear up their citizenship papers. The same racism that would allow them to hire Oklahomans for less would also lead to mass arrests and deportations. While Marta is mad at Esperanza for not striking with them, Esperanza angrily points out that she can't afford to lose the job with her mother sick and her grandmother still in Mexico. She's the only healthy person who can work in the fields, and that means sacrificing their dignity.
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 Crossing the Burnt Bridge: Marta has spent most of the book being a jerk to Esperanza by recognizing that she used to be a rich girl. When the mass deportations start, Marta is forced to hide in Esperanza's camp. Esperanza finds her, and gives her some clothes so that she can hide her face and sneak out before she's arrested.
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