Respond to ONE of the three passages. Look closely at the text. Analyze what the passage means and why it matters in the big scope of the novel’s themes (Say, Mean, Matter). Remember, referring to specific phrases will back up your ideas. You may select one or two quotes or phrases as you see fit from the passage you choose for a Say Mean Matter paragraph of 5 or 8 sentences. a) “In English my name means hope. In Spanish it means too many letters. It means sadness, it means waiting. It is like the number nine. A muddy color…It was my great-grandmother’s name and now it is mine….She looked out the window her whole life, the way so many women sit their sadness on an elbow. I wonder if she made the best with what she got or was she sorry because she couldn’t be all the things she wanted to be. Esperanza. I have inherited her name, but I don’t want to inherit her place by the window” (pg. 10-11).