How Does Esperanza Change In The House On Mango Street

Have you gone through a big change throughout your life? How has that affected you? In the book Esperanza Rising the main character, Esperanza goes through a huge change. She went from being a rich and spoiled girl to being a poor but caring young woman. 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. She had many servants to do everything for her. She didn’t even need to bath herself! When Esperanza and her mother had to flee to America to escape her uncle she didn’t have enough money to ride first class on the train. Esperanza was astounded. She couldn’t believe she had to ride in the same car with peasants! For instance, during her long ride on the train she pulled out a treasured porcelain doll her papa had given her before he died. When a peasant girl reached out to touch the doll Esperanza pulled it away from the child. This shows that Esperanza is selfish. Towards the end of the book, …show more content…
When she was upset because she felt the Mexicans were disrespected Miguel, a close friend of hers, tried to talk to her and explain that everything would be okay. But Esperanza didn’t listen. She told Miguel that he was still a peasant. Miguel replied with, “And you are still a queen.” This example shows that Esperanza is selfish. After their little fight Esperanza and Miguel went to listen to the earth’s “heartbeat” together. Esperanza worked things out with Miguel and they both forgave each other. This piece of evidence shows Esperanza is not perfect but she changed and learned to be smart and