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Meme Ortiz, a boy whose real name is Juan, moved into Cathy’s old house with his mother. Like Esperanza, Meme feels that his real name does not express himself, so he decided to change it to Juan. The house was built by Cathy’s father, and was built poorly. The house had slanted floors, no closets, lopsided steps, and many other problems. Meme had a great big dog that resembled himself that would run wildly with its legs flopping everywhere. The children in the neighborhood loved his house for one main reason, the tree. The tree in Meme’s backyard was gigantic, and a...