“I Knew You Were Trouble” by Taylor Swift is a song that describes Sally. All of the boys think that she is beautiful, but she just wears a lot of makeup and attractive clothes to impress them. Her father says to be that beautiful is trouble and makes her stay inside when she doesn’t have school. Esperanza admires Sally, because she is very beautiful and attracts attention from all the boys. However, Sally doesn’t really care about being Esperanza’s friend. She doesn’t give Esperanza good advice or warn her about having her heart broken by some selfish guy that doesn’t really care about her. Sally doesn’t teach Esperanza to have respect for herself. When Esperanza tries to save her from the boys, Sally just tells her to go home and leave them alone. This makes Esperanza feel ashamed of herself. When Esperanza watches Sally flirt with the boys, she thinks that getting attention from boys will make her happy. Sally creates this troubling allusion that ends up leading to Esperanza getting hurt. She makes it seem like the affection that the boys give her is all that matters, and for her, that is enough. Esperanza quickly learns the difference between affection and truly caring for someone. When this happens, she also realizes that Sally was nothing but trouble for her. She realizes that Sally is a bad influence and is not trustworthy. When Esperanza was taken advantage of and got hurt, Sally was not there to comfort her. She abandoned Esperanza and left her to feel sorry for herself.