Esperanza's poverty affects her self-esteem when she doesn't have new shoes to wear. ... She is forced to wear shoes that embarrass her and it makes her feel bad about her self. ... Reality hit Esperanza when she lived on Loomis and a nun asked her if she lived in the house she pointed up to. ... Two girls all raggedy live across the street. ... Esperanza's ugly environment is not one that anyone would want to live in, yet her family has no alternative choice. ...

• Word Count: 1635
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Most people have never been in the server's shoes or walked though a hot kitchen during the peak hours. ... They live off tips and tips alone. "You might make 200 bucks one night, and 20 the next night, so most waiters live a kind of hand to mouth kind of existence."... People do not understand that whatever a server makes in tips is what they have to live off of. ... If everyone saw the way a server lived, the stress they deal with, and the way they are treated, then the world would be a better place. ...

• Word Count: 1298
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

They lived in a three bedroom house and often times had at least one additional family living with them. Nick worked at the butcher shop and did side jobs of shoeing horses. ... Can two soul mates split apart and one still have the want to live on? ...

• Word Count: 1602
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

"Am I too fat, am I too skinny, does my breath smell, will he like my shoes" all these fear induced statements run through our minds when someone does not show attention to us. ... Will I live after this? ...

• Word Count: 1591
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

All I have to do is put on my shoes."" ... I didn't answer her question right away because I was surprised to here her say that she didn't speak any English, and that she lived here in Mexico. ...

• Word Count: 2069
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School