Esperanza’s identity will get her mostly all of the things she wants in life. Mainly because although she has obstacles and differences from everyone else, she knows how to be her own person. No matter how self-conscious or out of place things might be, she gets herself together and pulls through. She says, “And me, my hair is lazy. It never obeys barrettes or bands (Cisneros 6).” This quote explains how Esperanza is nothing like anyone in her family, and she may be referring to her hair in this quote, but it is also explaining who she is as a person. Throughout the story she finds herself and learns that she is different and that she does not need to be the same as everyone else. In some areas of the book it shows her self-consciousness but
