In The House On Mango Street Sandra Cisneros exposes the treatment of women in a low income neighborhood in Chicago. Throughout the novel Cisneros showcases different stories of female objectification. Each story builds open one another and we see expectations of brutality and the chains of matrimony. This is common theme of violence towards women. Esperanza, a young Latina girl navigating her way through the messy roads of life, watches as woman left and right fall into the same ignorant path.“I hear them laughing late, beer cans… I watch them… But Mama says those kinds of girls, those girls are the ones that go into alleys. Louis who can't tie her shoes. Where does he take her?... I want to sit out bad at night, a boy around my neck and wind
