Red clowns
In this vignette, Esperanza describes how Sally lied to her and left her since she told Esperanza to wait by the red clowns but she never showed up. Esperanza also describes how the red clowns sexually assaulted her.
I believe the theme of this vignette is betrayal and loss of innocence. I believe the theme of this vignette is betrayal because Sally lies to Esperanza and she leaves her friend behind to the likes of those people who would hurt a innocent young girl. I also believe the theme of this vignette is loss of innocence because Esperanza gains an additional experience on how cruel the world could be. I am not saying that she realized the world is bad because she already knew that since the beginning of the book.