Answer:
Brainwash
Explanation:
The options you were given are the following:
- convince
- brainwash
- persuade
- influence
Words have two types of meaning:
- Denotation - their literal meaning;
- Connotation - the emotional or cultural association they carry. Depending on what emotion a word evokes, its connotation can be defined as negative, neutral, or positive.
The words <em>convince, persuade, </em>and <em>influence</em> have a neutral connotation. The only word that has a negative connotation is <em>brainwash</em>. When someone brainwashes someone else, they lead them to believe something by continually telling them that it is true while preventing them from thinking about it properly. Whenever we use this word, we're talking about a negative occurrence.
Being ashamed of her life. In the book Esperanza gets lots of stares and passive agressive comments from her peers, teachers and strangers about her living conditions. Her family tells her that she was born on the "devils day" and it greatly effects the way she sees herself and her Aunts health. She greatly wants to leave her family and never come back when shes older. She doesn't like the life she has and wants to put it behind her.
[sorry if some details are off I haven't read the book in almost a year]