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Pobre Ana Character Analysis
In the Spanish novel, Pobre Ana the girl, Ana is a girl with many problems. Her family has day to day problems and she feels unhappy about this. Her friends, Elsa and Sara, try to help her out and explain to her that it is not really that bad, but they both have a lot of money and have no problems within their families. One day in
Spanish class Ana finds out an offer to go to Mexico for 3 months and live with a Mexican family. When her dad finds out that is was free, he is happy and allows her to accept. Ana arrives at Tepic and finds her the Sanchez family of 6. She meets Susana, Pablo, Juana, and Juan and is excited about living in Mexico.
Afterwards Ana, Susana, and Juan head to the gym, the park, the pool and the go shopping. They see that
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