Analysis Of The House On Mango Street

I think that when Esperanza says on page 89, "I have decided not to grow up tame like the other who lay their necks on the threshold waiting for the ball and chain", she is speaking of women like Rafeala, her great-grandmother, or Sally whom traded their futures for married life. She sees how they all are trapped with their husbands and are stuck inside their homes. She feels as though these women looked toward married life to find security. She felt like the did what was expected of them; in other words they were tame. Esperanza wants her independence and knows that she will not find it the kind of lives that these women settled for. She feels that she must be different, to shirk that pre-decided type of behavior that is well accepted by the

Growing up on Mango Street, girls had to take two steps backward to take one forward. Just like ballroom dancing, women let men take the lead and sacrifice an extra step to continue moving on the floor. When Sally escaped from her father and married the marshmallow salesman, she had to give up her youth and femininity.

Women within the novel and society face an inferior status by men and fall into a cruel cycle of abuse, but with the help of others the cycle of abuse and poverty and status of inferiority can break. The House on Mango Street takes place some time in the 1980’s. While not long ago, women during that time face domination by men and most struggle to fight back, which can still be seen today. Most women become bounded to the house, afraid to leave. Young girls however have the pleasure of going to school and most, but not all have the opportunity to play around. Although one should keep in mind that, most women in the novel who face abuse are Latino. In Latino culture, women are seen as possessions and therefore dependent on their man.

Personal changes within a person are caused by the major and minor decisions and events that affect their lives. In the collection of short stories, The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros, she focuses on a young Hispanic girl named Esperanza Cordero who grew up on Mango Street. As she is changing and maturing, she writes down her experiences about discrimination of gender, sexual orientation, and more. Esperanza 's transformation from a young and innocent girl to a mature woman is displayed through her self-realization and experiences that help Cisneros reveal how one 's own experiences can lead to the discovery of their identity.

(hook) Written by Sandra Cisneros, The House on Mango Street is a beautiful coming-of-age story from the perspective of a little Latina girl named Esperanza Cordero, who has just moved to a new house on Mango Street with her family. The story follows Esperanza and the people she encounters during her time on Mango Street as she struggles to find herself as an individual/her identity. During the story, Esperanza discovers how her culture and social class affects her, how she relates to the roles of women in her community, and how to process her hopes and dreams as she matures. These pieces eventually come together in order to help Esperanza form her identity.

Freud’s psychoanalytic theory plays a major role in literature, and it is usually described as psychoanalytic literary criticism. Moreover, the psychoanalytic theory incorporates two contradictory critical theories. The first theory focuses on the text itself without having influences of additional sources. From the view of first psychoanalytic theory, the reader can understand the text by analyzing the characters, dreams, conflicts, symbols, and the unconscious desires of the characters. Furthermore, the second theory argues that in the literary work, the dreams, desires, and emotions presented in the work are usually related to author’s own personal experience and the life. For instance, in order to understand the literary work of an

Esperanza, the main character of The House on Mango Street, revolves around her teenage confusion to find her identity, but also becoming a strong and independent woman. She is very observant, and in order to form this foundation, Esperanza is influenced by the people around her and always looking for pathways to follow, through examples displayed within her neighborhood. She doesn’t want to throw her life away through marriage, or to be helpless and pretty like Sire’s girlfriend, bringing her to discover what it really means to achieve that desire of hers. Within the novel, Esperanza tries to get herself out of that loop of the women in her life have been swirled through, by attaining a new level of feminine power to consolidate her independence.

This passage from the story makes me feel really bad for the main character, Esperanza. It is already bad enough to live in a house that is literally falling apart. To have other people constantly reminding her about it though, that is even worse. I predict that the house will be a major factor of depression in Esperanza. I also believe that once she has a chance, she is going to try to get out of that house and move somewhere else. (81 words)

When she was at her sister’s baptism, she was insecure about how she looked. Her mom, earlier that day, got her a new, beautiful, dress that she loved, but forgot to get her new shoes. Esperanza had to wear the old shoes and she thought she looked ugly because of them. While at the baptism, her uncle persuaded her to go on the dance floor despite her reluctance because of her shoes. Eventually, Esperanza lost control and danced like there was no tomorrow. She realized that even with bad shoes she can be whoever and whatever she wants. The boy across the room even noticed her, which she thought he was cute so it boosted her confidence knowing she is able to be better than she

Esperanza is encouraged by her mother to keep studying and move forward, "Study hard," she tells her daughter, stirring the oatmeal, "Look at my comadres. She means Izaura whose husband left and Yolanda whose husband is dead. Got to take care all your own, she says shaking her head" (91). Some mothers encourage their daughters to be the ideal stay at home mother and wife, but instead Esperanza’s mother is telling her to go to school and make something of herself. Moreover, Doyle explains, “Gender roles, as well as class, condition Esperanza's response to women's confinement to the house,

Furthermore, Esperanza had to pay for her friend. She wanted anyone to be her friend whatever that cost her. For example when Rachel and her sister said to her, “If you give me five dollar I will be your friend forever” (14). Rachel and her sister were the free prisoners who save her Esperanza. They show her how the life is when you have friend. They hanged out with each other. Discovering the neighborhood. Sharing a bicycle. They should her the meaning of life. Although the fact that Rachel and her sister were profiteers, they were the sun that bright Esperanza’s way to get out of the friendless cave. Esperanza hold Rachel and her sister’s hands until the last of the story. It’s true that Rachel and her sister might be not available right

Elinita to people is a witch women that tells fortunes for people. There is a women exactly like her in Esperanza's neighborhood but, she's better off in life. She has two kids. She wants Esperanza to try see spirits in a glass of water but, Esperanza just can't. Esperanza likes listening more to the bugs bunny cartoons. Esperanza want to know from Elinita if her dream house is soon in the future. Esperanza is disappointed with the answer she gives her, house of the heart. She goes home five dollars poorer. Martin finally meets a boy and dances with him for a little while his name is Geraldo. Geraldo speaks no English and after the dance was hit by a car. He goes to the Emergency room and dies right there because no one would help.

Esperanza's overall opinion on sex and romance are like a storybook. Or at least that's what she has been told. She thinks that romance is a fairytale and prince charming is supposed to sweep her off her feet and fall in love with her. One of Esperanza's friends tells her everything. she talks about love with her friend sally, sally told her everything there is to know about love. She told her everything about Sally told her that falling in love is amazing and all she wanted to do was fall in love with someone who felt the same way. Everyone thinks that sally is crazy for thinking all of that but esperanza does not. She thinks that it's really sweet and she believes that sally will find someone.

Loss of innocence is an ongoing theme in The House on Mango Street. I chose the first image to show the high-heeled shoes act as a sort of magic talisman that transforms the little girls into women. A dangerous transformation, as Mr. Benny notes, because the little girls aren't ready for the sexualized world of adulthood.

Don't live on one of the best streets and they are in poverty. Esperanza is very ashamed about many things such as her name. In English it means hope and in Spanish "too many letters". She thinks it sounds like a song her father plays well he grooms himself.