Though out the book esperanza has grown up to be a woman and to help other. One quote of this is “they will not know that i have gone away to come back for the ones i left behind for the ones who can not out pg110”. This quote shows that even though she will leave she will come back and help the ones who cant leave the way esperanza. Another quote is “sally you lied. It wasnt what you said at all what he did where he touched me .…
In Sandra Cisneros’ “The House on Mango Street”, in the vignette “Born Bad”, Aunt Lupe encourages Esperanza to continue to write because writing will “keep you free”. Writing can be an avenue of freedom in so many ways. Writing has the power to make a person feel as if they are escaping a prison in their mind full of words and phrases that they do not know what to do with. The second they write down those words and phrases they are free of themselves and their thoughts. Another way writing can be an avenue to freedom is by using writing as a way to communicate your feelings and viewpoints.…
We didn’t always live on Mango Street,” which is the opening line to the novel (Cisneros 109). This directly addressed her feelings towards Mango Street. It wasn’t that she did not like her family or the friends in her neighborhood, but rather she felt like she did not belong there. Because of Esperanza’s visibility, she presumably was able to create her own pathway out of Mango Street and onto somewhere where she felt she…
In the novel The House on Mango Street, protagonist Esperanza is discontented due to her unfulfilled expectations and her unwillingness to belong, but eventually learns to accept her place in Mango Street. Esperanza’s initial expectations for her new house were raised too high, and dealt a heavy blow to her morale when they went unfulfilled. When Esperanza recalls her parents saying that one day they would have a house with “at least three washrooms” and “a great big yard and grass growing without a fence” but then realizes that the house “is not the way they told it at all” (Cisneros 4). Esperanza's hopes were raised for nothing.…
Similes help Esperanza, and a lot of people, to compare situations or items she comes across. Another instance where Esperanza envys something large and wishes it was her dream house was the following. She was describing her neighbor's house and said she owned “a building as big as whale”(Cisneros 12). If she calls a building a whale it is most likely positive since whales are usually seen as majestic. Esperanza has trouble making friends because she’s very scared of growing attached to things and has a low self-esteem like most teens.…
She wants to be in control and live her life the way she wants it to be. As the story continues, Esperanza starts to mature and soon her childhood will come to an end. In the story, Esperanza states at the end of the book, "...but what I remember most is Mango Street, sad red house, the house I belong but did not belong to. " This statement means that Esperanza lived in Mango Street but did not want to…
According to the text Esperanza’s father dies, her mother gets a marriage proposal from her awful uncle, and her house sets on fire in just a matter of weeks. Esperanza loses everything. Clearly then, she goes through many changes. But throughout those changes you will see Esperanza herself changes and learns what life is really about. At the beginning of Esperanza Rising, Esperanza was a selfish, spoiled, rich girl whose papa owned a ranch.…
Her desires show the expectations produced by the prevailing economic status, while her disappointment shows the conflict between expectations and reality. Esperanza has lived in other rented apartments before living on Mango Street. While living at an apartment on Loomis she is approached by a nun from…
Last of all, she starts making her own choices in her life. In the beginning of the novel, Esperanza is a young insecure child who is insecure about her new life on Mango Street. The first time we see Esperanza’s insecurity is when she talks about her new home, and when she talks about the house on Mango Street. She says “I knew I had to have a house.…
, she gets that people have a different perspective on where she lives than she does (Cisneros chapter 12 ). Esperanza growing up throughout the story shows the reader how a new scenery and different characters can affect a person’s perspective on their life and on other’s lives. Esperanza also notes the difference in class between those of rich and poor, stating that “People who live on hills sleep so close to the stars they forget those of us who live too much on earth. They don 't look down at all except to be content to live on hills. They have nothing to do with last week 's garbage or fear of rats.”…
Esperanza is inclined towards a life of marriage and self definition, but through the women she encounters she realizes it may be unattainable. Ruthie for example, owns a “pretty house outside the city” (69) and is married. It is mentioned however, that “there were many thing’s Ruthie could have been if she wanted to” (68), but she gave up her future for wedding vow. Her childlike characteristics are a by product of her failed marriage and a representation of a nonexisting happiness and naiveness Esperanza wishes to have.…
Esperanza lives in a small, rundown house on Mango Street. Throughout the story, Esperanza loses her innocence and matures. As the story begins, Esperanza is portrayed as innocent and young. She explains to the reader how the boys and the girls in her neighborhood seem to “live in separate worlds” (Cisneros 8). Esperanza does not seem to have an interest in the opposite sex.…
In the beginning of the book Esperanza expresses her feelings about her name. She says, "In English my name means hope. In Spanish it means too many letters. It means sadness, it means waiting. It is like the number nine.…
Obstacles Of An American Dream What are the struggles of achieving the American Dream? In The House On Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros a girl named Esperanza wants to live the American Dream. The House On Mango Street is about a young girl who is a part of a poor family who lives in Chicago. The obstacles of her family achieving the American dream are lack of trust, language barriers, and lack of poverty. One of the obstacles people have to achieving the American Dream is lack of trust.…
In the beginning of the book, as shown in the previous quote, Esperanza felt stuck and alone living on Mango street. Expressing these feeling she went as far as to compare herself to “… a red balloon, a balloon tied to an anchor."(9). She was without any hope for herself. But then her journey through the book, shows her realizations that she can go somewhere and with enough belief and encouragement, she will get her own house and make a life for herself. She starts to have hope for herself.…