When you watched the "What Happened When" video at the beginning of the lesson, you did not know how the conflicts highlighted in the video would play out. But now that you've finished Esperanza Rising, you do.
You’ve turned the last page of Esperanza’s story. Now, it’s time to take another look at its conflicts and think about how they find a resolution as the novel closes. Take a look at the conflict listed on the front of each card and think of how the conflict was resolved. Once you think you know the resolution of the conflict, click the card to flip it over and check your answer.
Papa’s death leads to Luis’s desire to marry Mama. He even has the fire set at the ranch, readers infer, to force Mama’s hand. How is this conflict resolved?
Mama is now home with her new family, including friends who are as close as family. Luis can no longer threaten her.
Esperanza has lost her beloved Papa and her secure home.
Esperanza will never stop loving or missing Papa, but now she understands that she will never lose him. His love is part of her life every day, and she is at home now in California.
Abuelita had to stay behind in Mexico, where Luis watches her closely to find out where Mama has gone.
Miguel’s smart thinking and determination have reunited Abuelita with her daughter and granddaughter.
Esperanza had never done even the simplest chores, and now she must suddenly learn to do so much.
Esperanza is a competent, capable, and confident young woman after a year of a very steep learning curve.
The dust storm that destroys crops also leaves Mama very ill.
Thanks to good medical care, time, and patience, Mama is home and recovering.
The strikers protest work conditions, even when it puts some jobs at risk.
This conflict lingers as the novel closes. Esperanza Rising is a realistic novel set at a specific time and place in history, and its end comes long before work conditions finally improved for farm workers.
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