Answer:
In the chapter "The Monkey Garden", Esperanza got furious when she saw Sally playing with Tito and his buddies. They get the keys from Sally and will only return it if Sally will give them kisses one by one. Esperanza think that the boys are just manipulating Sally and no matter how much she wants to save her friend, it seems that Sally does not want to be saved.
She also thinks that the Monkey Garden is a place for kids to play games but because of the games that the boys and Sally are playing which for Esperanza is a symbol of se.xual manipulation, she thinks that the Monkey Garden is not for innocent people anymore and this is what made her mad. What made her more furious is when she told Tito's mother about the incident to which the mother just shrugged off. She thinks about women differently now, she felt anger towards them for thinking that what they are doing is okay, when in fact it will never be okay to be subjected as an object for se.xual desires. She used to feel safe playing at the Monkey Garden, but now she thinks that staying there will only put her at risk and in danger, and it's not for her anymore.
Esperanza remembers the time where she was se.xually assaulted in a carnival where she was supposed to meet with Sally, but the latter went off with her boy.friend, leaving her feeling all alone and at risk.
Step-by-step explanation:
Here are the excerpts from the book that show these scenes:
"When I got back Sally was pretending to be mad... something about the boys having stolen her keys. Please give them back to me, she said punching the nearest one with a soft fist. They were laughing. She was too, It was a joke I didn't get."
" One of the boys invented the rules. One of Tito's friends said you can't get back the keys unless you kiss us and Sally pretended to be mad at first but she said yes. It was that simple."
"I don't know why, but something inside me wanted to throw a stick. Something wanted to say no when I watched Sally going into the garden with Tito's buddies all grinning. It was just a kiss, that's all. A kiss for each one. So what, she said."
"Only how come I felt angry inside. Like something wasn't right. Sally went behind that old blue pickup to kiss the boys and get her keys back, and I ran up to three flights of stairs to where Tito live."