House On Mango Street Eviction Scene Analysis

The eviction was the last scene in the movie, but it was just an important as any other pivotal scene. In this scene, the men have gone hunting while the women have returned to the picket line. While hunting, Ramon begins to ponder on the argument that he had with his wife the night before, and everything that she specified. As he is walking he remembers a key piece that Esperanza said. She stated that she didn’t believe that they, the women and the miners, were getting weaker, but rather gaining strength, and she thought the ones who were really losing strength were the mine owners and the police. She said due to their unsuccessful attempts at breaking the picket line, Esperanza predicted that they, the mine owners, were going to pull out …show more content…
Back at the picket line, the women and children are alerting others about the eviction that is taking place and as the police officers are removing the furniture from the house the crowd grows larger. The men arrive and join the group of men, women, and children that have gathered around in support of the strike. The sheriff feeling overwhelmed and outnumbered gives up and the women begin to bring the furniture back into the house, at one point they even remove items out of one of the officer’s hands. Finally the officers leave and consult with the mine owners, who now have admitted defeat and state that they need to settle. Ramon, who was opposed to the women being a part of the strike, now praises and thanks his wife, the men and the women for their dignity, realizing that if they all stand together they can accomplish more. Esperanza closes out the scene by saying “Then I knew we had won something they could never take away, something I could leave to my children, and they the salt of the earth, would inherit …show more content…
The home is the string being used to control prisoners. The puppeteer in this scene is the political figures who are trying to portray this image of having power by evicting the home while the men have left; they feel that women are weak without the men despite their shown strong will. The ideology in this scene is the belief that women are still inadequate without men. The sheriffs waited until the men went hunting because to them the women were vulnerable. The company owners even state that because the owner of the house has gone hunting it will be easier for them and scare the neighbors. Also another example of the women’s strength disregarded is the part where the women attempt to go up the sheriff and his men prior to the men and other supporters’ arrival, but are forced back out. In the beginning of the scene the men leave to go hunting with the same ideology. Another ideology present is white supremacy; they felt that due to their benefits or privileges and their economic and political power that they could suppress the Mexican-American miners into submission. The prisoners in the scene would be the men because they have not yet removed the pride from their in order to see that in order to be successful in the strike and in anything the women have a key role to play. They have made bigger enemies of the women than they have made of the company owners. The chains that