ISMENE

CHAPTER 9 SUMMARY

• Esperanza attempts to kill herself.

CHAPTER 9 SUMMARY

• Taylor and Estevan talk about their lives.

CHAPTER 9 SUMMARY

• Estevan tells Taylor about Ismene.

SCHEME: IDIOM

• "...where I had been cutting up carrots and cubes of cheese for Turtle's lunch tomorrow," (Kingsolver, 177).

TROPE: SIMILE

• "The moon threw shadows of fig branches that curled like empty hands across Estevan's face and his chest," (Kingsolver, 177).