Housing the bums in the attic will be not an act of segregation keeping them out of sight but a true and genuine act of hospitality.
Bums in the attic meaning.
Her guests will think rats are squeaking in the attic but esperanza will happily tell them it s bums.
Bret lott he woke up.
It is a simple acknowledgment that esperanza s attic guests as opposed to her dinner table guests one could surmise are poor and yet deserve acceptance and welcome.
The goal of the project is to celebrate latino a poets from the past.
Her papa teases her for being stuck up and thinking herself too old to go on such family outings.
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.
Esperanza resolves to have a nice house someday but to never forget where she came from.
In 2014 the latino a poets video project was launched by the poet and professor ruben quesada eastern illinois university.
Makes you feel like you are there with her hearing the bums in the attic when she says that the people who live in the hills sleep close to the stars it paints a picture of a starry night with a mansion on a hill in the forefront of the picture.