A lot reminded me of life in the Dominican Republic how the aunt is playing numbers just like the lottery system in the Dominican Republic. When she wins she even attributes it to Sophie’s mother bringing luck just like the people in D.R who say certain people bring them luck. She also talks about how people are poor and cant afford to live alone that they have to live with a lot of family members. Sometimes they have to even build their own house’s just like the Dominican Republic. Tanta Atie tells her everything Sophie owns is yellow like flowers that were rare that grew where they weren’t supposed to grow. I wonder if the color yellow symbolizes happiness for them? Yellow in her dreams symbolized something else as seen by when her mother was taking her away while wearing a yellow dress.