Esperanza Rising

esperanza rising

  1. Why does Miguel drive out of his way to shop at the Japanese store?
  2. What does Alfonso mean when he tells Miguel that Mr. Yakota is "getting rich on other people's bad manners"?
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Miguel and Esperanza take a truck to travel the long distance to Mr. Yakota’s store. There are other stores closer to camp, but Miguel explains to Esperanza that Mr. Yakota treats the Mexican customers well, while all the other store owners classify them as dirty migrant workers.

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They go to the far Japanese market because the people at that store treat them like everyday people but in the other stores closer the people treat them like rodents. I know this because on page 186 the text says " some of the other market owners aren't as kind to mexicans as this one." This evidence tells us why they go to the far shop.

Mr. Yakota treats the Mexican customers well, while all the other store owners classify them as dirty migrant workers.

1. They go to shop at Mr. Yakota's Japanese shop because he treats them well and kindly unlike the other store owners.

2. When Alfonso tells Miguel this he means that since Mr. Yakota is nice to them, more Mexican migrants shop at his store instead of the others, which takes business away from the other shop owners and gives business to Mr. Yakota.