The House On Mango Street Case Study

"I knew then I had to have a house. A real house. One I could point to. But this isn't it," this shows that Esperanza is embarrassed that she lives in the broken down house on mango street. To add on, in the vignette Bums in the Attic Esperanza explains how she wants a house on the hill with the gardens like the ones she visits every Sunday's where her dad works but Esperanza stopped going not because she's getting old or because she's too stuck up but because she's ashamed "I don't tell them I am ashamed-all of us staring like the hungry. I am tired of looking at what we can't have," Esperanza stopped visiting the hill because she feels ashamed and tired of looking at what she can't have and she wishes to live in a nice house like the ones by her dads work but instead she lives in the broken down house on Mango Street. This changed Esperanza because she knows what it feels like being a bum and she says "One day I'll own my own house, but I won't forget who I am or where I came from," this is also important because if she hadn't lived on Mango Street then she wouldn't have felt sorry for the bums and she wouldn't have offered them a place to stay because she explains that she will offer the bums the attic because she knows how it is to be without a house. This shows that Mango Street and the other place Esperanza has lived in made her a caring person. In conclusion some may argue that Esperanza's neighborhood is the most important factor that shapes her identity but it's the people and relationships with others that makes up the

Hook: In the coming-of-age novel, House on Mango Street, the main character Esperanza narrates the story through her perspective of the situations she encounters as she grows older in her new neighborhood.

As a young girl, Esperanza is a young girl who looks at life from experience of living in poverty, where many do not question their experience. She is a shy, but very bright girl. She dreams of the perfect home, with beautiful flowers and a room for everyone. When she moves to the house of Mango Street, reality is so different than the dream. In this story, hope (Esperanza) sustains tragedy. The house she dreamed of was another on. It was one of her own. One where she did not have to share a bedroom with everyone. That included her mother, father and two siblings. The run down tiny house has "bricks crumbling in places". The one she dreamed of had a great big yard, trees and 'grass growing without a fence'. She did not want to abandon

At the beginning of the novel twelve year old Esperanza and her family have just moved into a house on Mango Street. That house was a big improvement from her old house. Esperanza always dreamt of living in a big house with nice stairs, having their own rooms, and a basement. She stated, “...our house would have running water and pipes...inside it would have real stairs, not hallway stairs...and

In The House on Mango Street, Esperanza narrates “One day ill own my own house, but I won’t forget who I am or where I came from. Passing bums will ask, Can I come in? I’ll offer them the attic, ask them to stay, because I know how it is to be without a house” (Cisneros 87). This quote from the story displays how considerate Esperanza is.

In addition, the financial state of Esperanza and her family contribute to a factor that has shaped her identity. Esperanza is not pleased with her wealth and wishes for more. In the first chapter, she describes her home starting with a good, optimistic tone but as she explained more, her tone felt ashamed: “Out back is a small garage for the car we don't own yet and a small yard that looks smaller between the two buildings on either side. [.....] and the house has only one washroom. Everybody has to share a bedroom-Mama and Papa, Carlos and Kiki, me and Nenny” (4). This shows that the family does not have enough money to live a sustainable and comfortable life. Later in the book, it mentions how there is a desire for “white people” homes and towns with large homes and space. Although, Esperanza does not admit that she is poor, she surely hints to it multiple times throughout the novella.

Question #1: Explain how the house on Mango Street is different from the other places Esperanza has lived.

First off, not everyone is fortunate with their finances and poverty is an obstacle that gets in the way of the American dream. In the story, Esperanza describes a couple conditions she has to deal

Charity Productions in partnership with the College of Architecture’s Texas Target Communities Program at Texas A&M University have collaborated together to develop a set of solutions in response to the pre-existing neighborhood conditions throughout Harris County in Houston, Texas. The conditions of these particular neighborhoods have created a pattern of disparities throughout Harris County to be recognized as constraints to residents in impeding their ability to become affluent members of society. Texas Target Communities and Charity Productions have taken a step further to not only provide an analysis of evidence for these disparities but to identify the assets present in these communities to formulate feasible and cost effective solutions.

Esperanza is an intelligent girl who has experienced many misfortunes and successes, that have impacted her for the better and the worse. Throughout the novel, Esperanza meets many people who are considered to be “stuck” in Mango Street. This was not apparent to her until one of the sisters, in the chapter titled The Three Sisters, said “You must remember to come back. For the ones who cannot leave as easily as you” (105). Although the text does not state who specifically she should return for, Esperanza knows what the sisters meant. The interaction between Esperanza and the sisters really opened her eyes about what life was like on Mango street for herself and others. She is ready to leave but the sisters say something

When Esperanza was growing up women were expected to do three things. Get married, have children, and take care of the house. Some women were fine with that like Sally, who got married to a man a lot older than herself and she was not even in 8th grade yet. Esperanza wants something different with her life. She wants to go to college, to own a house of her home, “not a man's home”. Women were not given as much opportunities as men were. They had to work a hundred times harder just

When one is going through life, they will try to find who they are. This can be influenced by people around them and what they do, but they will find themselves eventually. Sandra Cisneros shows this through Esperanza in her novella The House on Mango Street. Esperanza through this aging and learning from her experiences. She very slowly, but very normally learning who she is. Esperanza’s negative view of herself slowly changes as she begins to focus on her larger community and her place within it. Through this, Cisneros shows that knowing and accepting where one comes from is an important part of growing up and determining one's identity.

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.

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)

community and majority of its residents live below the poverty line and in very low income