She didn’t want to work, but she has to. And she thought jobs are easy, but it’s difficult. She writes, “Then he asked if 1 knew what day it was, and when I said 1 didn't, he said it was his birthday and would I please give him a birthday kiss. 1 thought I would because he was so old and just as I was about to put my lips on his cheek, he grabs my face with both hands and kisses me hard on the mouth and doesn't let go” (Cisneros 55). This quote seems strange in public and kissing stranger because she just kissed an Oriental man when he just met her at the job and she was very nervous. And Esperanza loves him because he has nice eyes and Esperanza wasn’t nervous. After that, they just sit together in the lunchroom and Esperanza heard him that his birthday is today and she has a present for him. The present is birthday kiss, therefore Esperanza kissed him. However, this chapter is at the end and she can do whatever she wants such as marry, kiss, earn money, work at the job, etc.
As the result, Esperanza wrote about her whole life and this novel is like the diary. This book is very interesting and important because Esperanza is like keeping her diary and wrote about her life. These paragraphs written about Esperanza’s ages from she was young to older and whole life. I would guess that her novel is furtive for her