How Does Esperanza Create Identity In The House On Mango Street

A renewed individual is one that allows influences and changes to occur in their life in hopes to maybe create a new identity or personality for themselfs. Many people are often influenced by the environment and people that surround them. Its these influences that allows a person to develop a unique and intelligent Identity. In this classic novel “The House on Mango Street” written by Sandra Cisneros tells the story of young girl named Esperanza who is middle age and grows up around her sister Nenny, and her friends Rachel and Lucy. She develops her identity growing up on Mango street through many little interesting vignettes. Esperanza is exposed to many different situations due to her environment, family and friends which challenge her beliefs on certain issues allowing her to learn a lot about life itself. Living on Mango Street, Esperanza …show more content…
“Bums in the Attic” is a vignette which contributes a situation that allows Esperanza to learn the act of caring. According to Esperanza on the topic of people staying on the hill in accordance to her living closer to the earth, “One day I’ll own my own house, but I won't forget who I am or where I came from. Passing bums will ask, can I come in? I’ll offer them the attic ,ask them to stay, because I know how it is to be without a house.(Cisneros 86).” This quotation can further explain Esperanza’s love for helping Others. She begins with her hope of one day being rich like the people who live on the hill, and goes on the say how she won't forget about how she started off poor just like the bums. This quote shows off her love for helping others because she willingly offers her personal home so that bums can have a warm place to stay at night. She goes