Language : image, metaphor, and voice

Throughout the book Cinseros has Esperanza employ common idiomatic phrase that serve as a kind of shorthand. Analyze some of the following phrases and suggest what Esperanza means by them and what the author means to tell us about Esperanza herself:(a) "But I know how those things go ."[5](b) " people like us " [13] (c) " we take what we can get and make the most of it " [33] (D) " Ain't it a shame " [66] (E) "same story" [85]