The House On Mango Street Analysis

Esperanza wants a house with a garden. Her father works near nice, beautiful homes. There family looks at them but Esperanza doesn't like it because she knows she can't have it.

Not a daddy 's. A house all [her] own" (Cisneros 108). Esperanza wants her own house, and not her father 's or her husband 's which shows her growth into an independent person. She wants "a house all [her] own", which shows the importance of her finding her own identity. She emphasizes on "Not a man 's house... [or] a daddy 's" because she is not someone 's daughter or wife, but her own person. Before, Esperanza did not know that she needed to have her own identity, but by wanting her own house and not a house that belongs to someone else, it shows the transformation that Esperanza experiences since the beginning. Because in the beginning, she did not have her own identity, but by realizing and understanding the importance of her independence and her own individuality. Thus, through her self-growth, Cisneros demonstrates how Esperanza becomes a more independent person as well as her experiences with the world transforming her into a more mature woman.

Esperanza is forever marked by the house and neighborhood she lives in. She wants to be like other kids who are allowed to eat their lunch at school instead of having to go home everyday. These students live father from the school than she does. Esperanza assumes these children live in better houses and neighborhoods. She is embarrassed by her house and angry that she must be identified by it. As said by Sister Superior, “I bet I can see your house from my window. Which one? Come here. Which one is your house?” The sister points to an ugly row of houses in the general direction of Esperanzas address.

Throughout the novel, Esperanza tells us that she doesn’t like the house on Mango Street. When we first meet her, she tells us about the places that her family have moved. “...Before that we lived on Loomis on the third floor, and before that we lived on Keeler. Before Keeler it was Paulina, and before that I can’t remember” (Cisneros 3). Each time they’ve moved, the kids had to go to a new school and the parents had to find jobs that are closer to them. Meaning that they are learning things that could have learned before or they are just now learning the material and not really understanding the information. When you beg for something your parents you can get it most of the time. “In the canteen, which was nothing special, lots of boys and girls watched while I cried and ate my sandwich, the bread already greasy and the rice cold” (45). This just shows that begging your parents for something it not always a good idea. Greasy bread and cold rice does not seem too appealing for a lunch meal. Even though Esperanza and her family seem like they have a poor life, they are not really that poor. At least they have a

However, some may argue that Esperanza's friends are more of an important aspect of Esperanza's identity. This may be because Esperanza spends time with her friends in which they create experiences together that may develop who she grew up to be. In spite of that, Esperanza's family is who she spends the majority of her time with. She wouldn't have learned how to be a role model for others if it weren’t for her family. In addition without her family

In Document B: Esperanza’s mother told her about how she quit school because she didn’t have any nice clothes. She said that she could have been somebody. She also told Esperanza to go to school and study hard so that she can have the chance to be somebody. In Document A, “The House on Mango Street,” This was when Esperanza and her family first moved on Mango street. Esperanza thought they were moving into their dream house with “running water and pipes that worked. And inside it would have real stairs, not hallway stairs. And we’d have a basement and at least three washrooms,” but it wasn’t what she expected because they didn’t have enough of money. To get to the American dream you have to have money and to get money you have to have a good paying job. Most good paying jobs require that you have some type of degree. In the end money is the most important thing to have when trying to achieve the American

The House on Mango Street is a collection of vignettes written by Sandra Cisneros that is about a young Mexican-American girl named Esperanza, and the struggles of her life as she transitions from childhood into adulthood. Esperanza wants to find her true identity, but the conflicts and struggles that she faces throughout the story. Her town is a part of her adventure to find her self identity. She picks herself up, learning and figuring herself out throughout the novel. The author uses symbolism throughout the vignettes to convey the deeper meaning of conflicts developed in the novel, to show the difficulties of growing into adulthood.

Another time that Esperanza shows change is when, Esperanza goes to get her future read. She goes to see a "witch woman" named Elenita in hope that she sees if anything in her future includes a house. However Elenita only sees "a home in the heart," which causes Esperanza to be disappointed. However this is a turning point for her in the book, because once this happens she begins to accept the fact that the house on mango street is the closes thing she has to a home right now and she begins to accept it. She still dreams of one day of having her dream house on her own when she grows up, however she finally realizes that The House on Mango street is where she is from. It is her home and there is nothing she can do to change this no matter how much she changes as a person the house on Mango street is still her home.

Esperanza's family and friends impact Esperanza's identity because she doesn’t have anyone that she can rely on and trust proven by when her friends shame her. To begin with, the author starts off the book with explaining how Esperanza and her big family moves a lot. She sees one of her nuns at her new school and the nun asked her where she lived. Esperanza pointed at her house and the nun responds rudely. “ You Live There? The way she said it made me feel like nothing. There. I lived there. I nodded.” (#5) Esperanza was ashamed and felt like nothing when the nun from her school asked her where she lived. She said “there” so rudely and surprised that it shamed Esperanza. Esperanza will always remember how the nun reacted to her

On page number 123, the author wrote, ““Yes, these are your papa’s roses,” said Miguel, smiling at her.” This supports the theme actions speak louder than words because in the beginning of the book, Esperanza’s hdad dies and Miguel gave her the flowers that Papa had grown for her. It seems like Miguel and Tío Alfonso had been planning this event for a long time because Esperanza and Isabel and other people who knew Papa werent allowed to follow either of them during that time of day until that day. Miguel and Tío Alfonso really wanted to take care of the flowers becasue they knew they were really important to Esperanza and Mama.

Esperanza had about everything she wanted. She had a beautiful house, pretty clothes, and much more... Esperanza never cleaned or portrayed a big role in the house. She didn’t do anything as simple as cleaning up her room, or bringing down her dirty clothes.

Unfortunately, the death of Esperanza’s father forces her to flee to California and she is forced leave everything behind and live amongst those who are below her. Esperanza travels to California with her mother and previous servants Hortensia, Miguel, and Alfonso. The first main encounter Esperanza experiences of growth is an encounter with a poor girl who wants her doll. Her reaction was to hide her doll instantly because this doll was her last gift from her father and the little girl “… is poor and dirty” (pg. 70). She is surprised that her mother apologizes to the child’s mother. Therefore, the author creates this scene to be the first lesson of kindness Esperanza experiences because her mother makes a yarn doll for the crying child. Although, she is relieved that they get off at the next stop because she doesn’t want to be reminded of her selfish behavior (pg. 72). The reader becomes aware of just how rich and spoiled Esperanza was because she sees an innocent poor child to be so repulsive to her. The author writes about the character’s relief when the child is gone because it proves that she has not changed and is still entitled. However, this event is the first step in Esperanza’s realization and awareness of her selfish ways because she acknowledges that her behavior was selfish.

Esperanza, a naïve thirteen-year-old girl is the main character on The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. I believe Esperanza will eventually leave Mango Street for a better and safer home. Throughout the book she kept saying she wanted to leave. She also brings up that she will not forget where she grew up. Esperanza starts out as a selfish girl and goes into a mature girl in the end, which makes me believe she will leave Mango Street.

Esperanza is an only child in her family, and during this time it was not acceptable for women to own land. When Esperanza’s papa gets killed there were no other men in the family, so the land that Esperanza had grown up on and loved would soon all be taken away. Unless her mama sacrificers herself and

The house was a huge improvement compared to the apartment they had previously, where the landlord refused to fix the pipes. Even, so the house was not what Esperanza has in mind or dream of, because it was old rundown. Because Esperanza dream house was a charming home, flowers in front of the house with a porch, and her own room where she can put her shoes under the bed. The family had always had in mind to own a house in white color with a lot of rooms and trees in the yard, but nothing like the house on Mango Street. However, the family owns this house. Before the house on Mango Street, the family had moved a lot. She did not have any privacy in the new place because the house only had one bedroom and one bathroom, which they needed to share among her parents and three