Theme: The entire tone of the chapter is one of shame. Esperanza begins by telling us how bad she feels, before she even tells us what happened.
             Symbols: The contrast between the maturity of her guilt, she understands what she did was wrong, and the fact that she is still immature enough to have made fun of her aunt in the first place, is striking. Feeling so guilty is a turning point for Esperanza, because it makes her realize what she valued about her aunt. Her aunt understood her love of writing. She appreciated Esperanza's poetry. Her death makes Esperanza realize what her aunt meant about Esperanza's writing keeping her free.
             Theme: Esperanza is forcibly introduced into the adult world, where fantasies are not always fulfilled. She realizes, bitterly, that sex and love do not always mix, and that boys are not always romantic.
             Symbols: She feels betrayed, by Sally and by life itself. The chapter is related in a dizzy and disjointed manner, as though Esperanza is again in the midst of those boys, looking for a way out, feeling persecuted ("the moon that watched") and terrified.
             Theme: Esperanza's longing to escape from Mango Street as well as her poverty is once again evident in this story. She wants to leave and never come back, but Alicia tells her that Mango Street will always be apart of her.
             Symbols: They have grown cynical and somewhat world-weary, despite their youth. This attitude is reflected in the organization of this story. It flips back and forth between "Who's going to do it? The mayor?" and "Who's going to do it? Not the mayor."
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