Analysis Of The House Of Mango Street Cisneros

IV. Cisneros’s writing is reminiscent of poetry. It’s sort of confusing and awkward, quite different from the smooth flow in books I’ve read before. The direct, earnest tone is also rather new as well. Even though the writing style is somewhat simplistic and abrupt at times, it does leave an impression. Esperanza describes her house as small and red, with crumbling bricks and a sad appearance. She is determined to have a real house instead, one with a large yard and stairs. Nowadays, young people are mostly preoccupied with obtaining the latest version of a Samsung phone, the newest laptops, and so forth. Esperanza wants a real house. She wants something that most of us take for granted. It’s clear even in the first chapter that the dream house embodies all of her hopes and dreams. …show more content…
In a coming-of-age story, the protagonist changes both psychologically and morally, and such is the case in this novel. Esperanza, along with her sister and friends, notes the changes in their bodies, as well as expressing desire for beautification in the form of high heels. She develops a crush on a boy at a party, and is later tricked into kissing an elderly man at her first job. The division between genders is already present during Esperanza’s younger years–she and Nenny are said to live in separate worlds from their brothers. Later on in the novella, Esperanza notes that her grandmother was born strong, but became confined to looking out the window. This forms a parallel to another woman from the story, Marin. Marin is confined to the house and takes charge of the children. The traditionally feminine role is similar from one female character to another. Esperanza is determined not to end up with the same