The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, is about the journey through young Esperanza’s life. With her poor Latino family, and the struggles they all face. She remembers as a kid how they would have to move from apartment to apartment. But the one thing she could always rely on was her writing. Even if things are not going as planned, she could escape in her writing. Through living on Mango Street, Esperanza has created hr identity as a strong independent girl.
Living in a low-income Latino neighborhood of Chicago, Esperanza's identity is shaped by the environment she grew up around. Everyone knows that moving into a house is a big deal, especially Esperanza. As said in the text “The house on Mango Street is ours , and we don't …show more content…
But even so it's not the house we'd thought we'd get.” With this being said, Esperanza can tell that Mango Street is not located in the best area, but at the same place it's the first place she can call home. When people see Esperanza's neighborhood they are quick to judge a book by its cover. The story says “Those who don't know any better come into our our neighborhood scared. They think we're dangerous. They think we will attack them with shiny knives. They are stupid people who are lost and got here by mistake. But we aren't afraid. We know the guy with the crooked eye is Davey the baby's brother, and the tall one next to him in the straw brim, that's Rosa’s Eddie V., and the big one that looks like a dumb grown man, he's fatboy, though he's not fat anymore nor a boy.” With this being said, her neighborhood often gets judged. But Esperanza knows in that location she
Living in a low-income Latino neighborhood of Chicago, Esperanza's identity is shaped by the environment she grew up around. Everyone knows that moving into a house is a big deal, especially Esperanza. As said in the text “The house on Mango Street is ours , and we don't …show more content…
But even so it's not the house we'd thought we'd get.” With this being said, Esperanza can tell that Mango Street is not located in the best area, but at the same place it's the first place she can call home. When people see Esperanza's neighborhood they are quick to judge a book by its cover. The story says “Those who don't know any better come into our our neighborhood scared. They think we're dangerous. They think we will attack them with shiny knives. They are stupid people who are lost and got here by mistake. But we aren't afraid. We know the guy with the crooked eye is Davey the baby's brother, and the tall one next to him in the straw brim, that's Rosa’s Eddie V., and the big one that looks like a dumb grown man, he's fatboy, though he's not fat anymore nor a boy.” With this being said, her neighborhood often gets judged. But Esperanza knows in that location she