“Esperanza, The Little Mature”
In the book The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, a girl named Esperanza, living with her family of two brothers and one sister and her parents. They spend many years moving from a rented house to another, until they got their own, the house on Mango Street. Although Esperanza seems to be very lonely and sometimes ashamed of her own family, she gets to meet many people where she lives, make friends and appreciate many other things. Esperanza changes little by little throughout time, she becomes more mature and more grateful towards some things she did not appreciate before, such as friends, family and safeness.
One thing Esperanza is always dreaming for, an owned house for her family. They are not able …show more content…
After a girl named Marin moves nearby on the street with her aunt, she influenced the girls and especially Esperanza who she beloved “She is older and knows lots of things” (27) because she is doing girly things little girls never knew about that surprise them. One day, the girls get some high heels from the family of little feet, and they start feeling very girly the moment they try them on and start showing them off to everyone because it feels very different for them. Girls also get to explore how different their bodies are from men, they start learning dances with their hips which sounds very girly. They spend so much time making up songs and dancing each after the other for …show more content…
At some point, she decides to not go out anymore with her family “I don’t tell them I am ashamed—all of us starting out the window like the hungry. I am tired of looking at what we can’t have.” (86) She feels embarrassed for staring at things they like but is not theirs. However, Esperanza’s mother tells her daughter once, to not feel ashamed “You know why I quit school? Because I didn’t have nice clothes. No Clothes, but I had brains.” (91). Avoiding the mistakes she had for feeling ashamed, is what her mother wants. Esperanza sometimes shows selfishness for what she says, “Not a flat. Not an apartment in back. Not a man’s house. Not a daddy’s. A house all my own.” (108) she dreams for having a house for her own only, where it is nobody’s but herself living there. However, she still feels responsible and generous thinking about other people too “I’ll offer them the attic, ask them to stay” (87) those people with no houses sweeping the streets “Bums” that what she calls them. Esperanza is very engaged to who she loves the most, her family. She so much on her mind about leaving Mango Street one day, “They will not know I have gone away to come back.” (110) and then do better when she comes back. Although the house on Mango Street was not what Esperanza has always been dreaming for, she gets to have a
In the book The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, a girl named Esperanza, living with her family of two brothers and one sister and her parents. They spend many years moving from a rented house to another, until they got their own, the house on Mango Street. Although Esperanza seems to be very lonely and sometimes ashamed of her own family, she gets to meet many people where she lives, make friends and appreciate many other things. Esperanza changes little by little throughout time, she becomes more mature and more grateful towards some things she did not appreciate before, such as friends, family and safeness.
One thing Esperanza is always dreaming for, an owned house for her family. They are not able …show more content…
After a girl named Marin moves nearby on the street with her aunt, she influenced the girls and especially Esperanza who she beloved “She is older and knows lots of things” (27) because she is doing girly things little girls never knew about that surprise them. One day, the girls get some high heels from the family of little feet, and they start feeling very girly the moment they try them on and start showing them off to everyone because it feels very different for them. Girls also get to explore how different their bodies are from men, they start learning dances with their hips which sounds very girly. They spend so much time making up songs and dancing each after the other for …show more content…
At some point, she decides to not go out anymore with her family “I don’t tell them I am ashamed—all of us starting out the window like the hungry. I am tired of looking at what we can’t have.” (86) She feels embarrassed for staring at things they like but is not theirs. However, Esperanza’s mother tells her daughter once, to not feel ashamed “You know why I quit school? Because I didn’t have nice clothes. No Clothes, but I had brains.” (91). Avoiding the mistakes she had for feeling ashamed, is what her mother wants. Esperanza sometimes shows selfishness for what she says, “Not a flat. Not an apartment in back. Not a man’s house. Not a daddy’s. A house all my own.” (108) she dreams for having a house for her own only, where it is nobody’s but herself living there. However, she still feels responsible and generous thinking about other people too “I’ll offer them the attic, ask them to stay” (87) those people with no houses sweeping the streets “Bums” that what she calls them. Esperanza is very engaged to who she loves the most, her family. She so much on her mind about leaving Mango Street one day, “They will not know I have gone away to come back.” (110) and then do better when she comes back. Although the house on Mango Street was not what Esperanza has always been dreaming for, she gets to have a