Esperanza Rising

How do the roses and the rose hips symbolize different things?

the book esperanza rising

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Esperanza's father's rose plant serves as a symbol of hope and rebirth..... a reminder of Papa and the fact that he would want Esperanza and her mother to continue to live.

Rose Hips:

"Abuelita said the rosehip contained the memories of the roses and that when you drank tea made from it, you took in all the beauty that the plant had known."

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