![]() ![]() ![]() While Esperanza harbors dreams of returning to her life of luxury, Miguel attempts to impress upon Esperanza the need for acceptance, and grows frustrated with her when she continues to act as if she’s better than him even as they work side by side on the company farm in California. This all changes after Sixto’s death, when Esperanza finds herself plunged into poverty and Miguel’s equal at last-though the absence of a “river” between them does not make her happy. ![]() As Esperanza grew older, though, she began to understand that “a deep river” ran between the two of them-Esperanza is “la reina” and Miguel is, and always will be, her family’s servant. When they were younger Esperanza was often jealous of the bond between Miguel and her Papa, though she also harbored a crush on the boy and once even declared her intention to marry him. Sixto has always doted on Miguel, and Miguel, a mechanical whiz kid, works hard on the ranch, helping Sixto to fix “anything with a motor” on all of Rancho de las Rosas. The sixteen-year-old son of Alfonso and Hortensia, Miguel and Esperanza have been friends and playmates since they were small. ![]()
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