Her parents own a house where she moved with them, and it was on Mango Street, but it was entirely different from what she imagines. “...a real house that would be our for always so we wouldn't have to move each year. And our house would have running water and pipes that worked. And inside it would have real stairs, but stairs inside like house on T.V. And we'd have a basement and at least three washrooms so when new took a bath we didn't have to tell everybody. Our house would be white with trees around it, a great big yard and grass growing without a fence.” (Cisneros 127). Her dream house was a big white house which symbolizes purity, cleanness, and innocence. But the House on Mango Street was not same as she imagined. It was a tiny red-colored house with little steps, and it was broken, the door was swollen it was hard to open the door. There was no front yard, and they all have to share the bedroom. The red color symbolizes danger, according to me because it was broken house and it wasn't safe. Her dream got shattered when she moved to the Mango Street house. By her this experience, she starts writing, and she never loses the hope that she will own big house one day. I had similar experience too. When I moved to the United States, I had dreamed of a beautiful home too. But first, I live in two bedroom apartment with one bathroom only with my …show more content…
One day, he finally talked to her, and she told him about the bazaar where she cannot go. The narrator said he would go and bring her something from the bazaar. “When I came home to dinner my uncle had not been home yet. Still, it was early. I sat staring at the clock for some time and, when its ticking began to irritate me, I left the room.”(Joyce 93) He was impatiently waiting for uncle to get the train fare from him. The narrator has new feelings that day. Eagerly waiting for his uncle, the joy and excitement to buy a gift for Mangan's sister. “I took my seat in a third-class carriage of a deserted train. After an unendurable delay, the train moved out of the station slowly. It crept onward among ruinous houses and over the twinkling river.”(Joyce 94) The market closing time was ten o'clock. Narrator left his home late because his uncle came back home late. He rushes to the station, but his train was delayed. The train was moving very slowly. It was ten minutes to ten when he reached there it was starting to close down. He couldn't buy anything for Mangan's sister. The narrator stands angrily in there as the lights go out. He understood that like the bazaar fades into the darkness, his feelings will also remain just a