Prompt #10 (Boys and Girls)

While reading this chapter, I found a lot of connections to my own life.  The main character, Esperanza, talks about the boys and girls in her family.  She explains how she has one sister and two brothers and how in the house the boys talk to the girls all the time but outside the house they never speak.  This really reminded me of my family.  My little sister and brother are best friends when they are at home but at school they pretend like they do not even know each other.  It really shows the social pressures at school.  Along with this the narrator also talks about how her brothers are best friends but she can not be best friends with her sister because her sister is so much younger then her.  Once again, this reminded me of my family because my sister is seven years younger than me and it is hard to be close with her and consider her a friend because of the age difference at this time.