In comparing the sisters the ones that stick out to me the most is Maria Teresa and Minerva. Why does Maria look up to Minerva more than the other sisters? Minerva is the one who seems to be all about herself, why would she want to spend most of her time with her little sister. Maybe it is because Minerva can be a very convincing person and with Maria being a young girl and at that age can be very vulnerable. And maybe for Minerva, Maria is an easy target for her to control, and Maria might see it has her big sister wants to hang with her, talk to her, just plan old pay attention to her. During the reading I noticed that Maria writes about Minerva a lot in her journal, “Minerva said this…” I think Maria finds comfort in knowing that one of her older sisters is so invested in her and is willing to help guide her through her younger years. Maria might talk about Minerva a lot, but she wants to be able to learn something from each sister as well as other family members.  Maria writes in her Little Book on Thursday, July 4^th, “I’m going to spend the summer learning things I really want to learn! Like 1) doing embroidery from Patria 2) keeping books from Dede… 5) how to argue so I’m right, and anything else Minerva wants to teach time.” In the end it seems to go back to Minerva and Maria wanting Minerva to teach her anything else she wants to be taught her. I think I will need to continue the reading to see how the relationship between Minerva and Maria grows or changes.