If we have a look at the vignette entitled "Elenita,
Cards, Palm, Water," we can see that Esperanza approaches Elenita with one specific
thing she wants to know, though at first Elenita tells her other things about her future
first before Esperanza reveals what the reason for her visit really is. She is told that
she will go to a wedding soon and that she will lose an anchor of arms, but it is then
that Esperanza asks her specific question:
What about a house, I say, because that's what I
came for.
We see therefore
the way that a desire for a house and a desire to escape her present abode and the
community in which Esperanza lives dominates her thoughts and desires, as she is willing
to pay five dollars to consult los espiritus (the spirits) over this question. The
answer she receives, a "home in the heart," of course baffles Esperanza, yet by the end
of this great novel we see the truth and wisdom of these words, as Esperanza does
realise how attached she is to this community as she leaves it.
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