Comparison to Esperanza

Luckily, my life hasn't much resembled Esperanza's.  I didn't suffer such poor conditions as she did, even though conditions were very basic on my family farm.  The nearest neighbours lived a couple of kilometers away, so there was no problem with them.  I did feel a little lonely at times because I was the "mistake" at the end of the family, and we lived in isolation.  Of course I went to school every day and had friends there though.  My father seemed a bit cold, and I had a bad relationship with him in my teens, and longed to escape home (like Esperanza).  He was strict because (maybe like Esperanza's father) he never had a chance to go to high school, and wanted me to "succeed" in life (which meant "study hard and get a good job"). However, our relationship improved over time.  Now that he's dead, I sometimes wish he could visit Earth again and see his grand- daughter in Japan.