I could've been somebody, you know? Esperanza, you go to school. Study hard. . . . Got to take care all your own, she says shaking her head. —"A Smart Cookie," Sandra Cisneros Which inference can you make about Esperanza’s mother based on her words? She believes that good things happen by chance. She believes that people must take responsibility for their futures. She believes that to be somebody, you need to have talent.