Have you ever questioned where you fit in? In Sandra Cisneros’s The House On Mango Street, Esperanza struggles with her identity and finding her place as a young girl in a Latino neighborhood in Chicago. Her story introduces many themes and explores her relationship with herself and other women in her life. The themes of identity, femininity, family, friends, the idea of home and social class are important to all elements of the story and recur throughout. The themes in this story affect the way that the characters feel, their actions, communication, and their relationships. The theme of femininity and female role models in Esperanza's life impacts the way that she sees and interacts with other characters. The author provides through Esperanza's
