If Esperanza lived in a different neighborhood, she would lose her innocence at a different age because of the environmental difference. The novel, The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros is about a house on Mango Street in a location where the culture was similar to the families around them. The protagonist, Esperanza is told, “ Them are dangerous, he says. You girls too young to be wearing shoes like that. Take them shoes off before I call the cops, but we just run” (41). The high-heels symbolizes the growth of a girl to a women and maturity, but Esperanza is still a teen wearing heels not knowing the reality of danger of the community. The man warned the girls not to wear heels, but they did not listen, which caused her to lose of
