The House On Mango Street Short Story

After Esperanza reads Aunt Lupe one of her poems, her aunt tells her that she might be able to use her writing to be set free and find her real identity; however, Esperanza didn’t figure out the real meaning of her aunt’s words until her aunt passed away. After her aunt dies, Esperanza is confronted by shame and guilt, which also happen to be the feelings that Aunt Lupe felt in the years that took her to pass away (she was embarrassed to be a burden on her family for so many

Esperanza does not want to be like the other women in her town, always locked inside and the only freedom they have is a small window. Her great-grandmother was a role model, she showed Esperanza the way she did not want to

In "My Name, "She looked out the window her whole life, they way so many women sit, with their sadness on an elbow". Abuse to Rafaela, again subtle because she does not go out, in fear of husband. Poverty on Loomis, Keeler and Paulina; poverty is a way of life. The impact is for all generations, the parents who cannot get out, the children that see it and the little ones who cannot know any better. The opportunities are limited in the barrio. Esperanza was embarrassed when she pointed to her house "there". "There?", as if there was no place for a girl to live. But survival is instinctive and there is a certain amount of barrio pride "Those who don't know any better come into our neighborhood scared. They think we are dangerous. They think we will attack them with shiny knives. They are stupid people who are lost and got here by mistake." The victim of being called a "rice sandwich". Hurt by the sister superior as she points to a row of ugly houses reminding Esperanza of the sin of being poor.

While Carmen helping poor people Esperanza confused because she didn’t think of poor can help each other. She was confused because the way she raised were different compared to other people. Finally, Esperanza realized that there are more profound aspects in life than being

In conclusion, Esperanza faced many challenges as new immigrant to the United States. Such as, her mom suffering Valley Fever, Esperanza having to become “la patrona” (head of household), and her having to face discrimination as a Mexican

Growing up as a child in a poor family, Esperanza Cordero was very ambitious. She was ashamed of her family and her house, and she always had dreams of one day having a beautiful house on a hill, with flowers all around. A house she wouldn't be ashamed to point to and say it was hers. She knew

Often in literature, authors create plot by writing about characters maturing throughout the story. One work that explores childhood to adulthood is The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. In this novella, Esperanza Cordero is a young girl who lives in a poverty stricken area in Chicago. During the story, Esperanza grows up from being an adolescent to a young adult. In the novella, the theme is that losing innocence brings about maturity. Cisneros expresses Esperanza growing up by juxtaposing vignettes. Tone is also used to enhance the change in Esperanza’s thoughts while maturing. Both the juxtaposition of vignettes and tone support the theme that the loss of innocence and the gaining of

As a young girl Esperanza is asked one day where she lived by a nun from her school who happened to be walking by. Now before this moment Esperanza never really notice her living situation, all she knew is that her parents loved her and wanted her to go to school. When the nun rudely said “You live there” (Cinceros 5) and pointed at the shoddy apartment building, it is then Esperanza started to build a dream inside of her head because of the look on the nun’s face, unsatisfactory.

Most importantly Esperanza faced the challenge of Mama getting sick as an immigrant with fear of dying. As an immigrant it was very common for you to get Valley Fever. If you got dust in your lungs and were new, it was quite common. On page 157, Esperanza hears the doctor say, “If she survives” and “all the blood drains from her face.” This quote shows that she is very scared inside about her Mama maybe dying. Since she has lost her Papa she can not even think of Mama dying too. Abuelita is too far away so she will be

Esperanza began her life with no worries, but as she got older she had to deal with Mama getting sick with Valley Fever, her not being able to do chores, and Marta trying to get workers to go on strike. The first challenge Esperanza faced as an immigrant was that she was able to do chores. When she first came to America, she was going to do chores with Isabel. While she tries to sweep, Marta and her friends are passing by and start to laugh at Esperanza. Then, she

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“Please, Miguel, no teasing. I need help. I need to work so I can bring Abuelita to Mama.”(pg 165) “Esperanza copied everything that Hortensia and Josefina did.” (pg 169)Esperanza was also depressed and worried about her mama. “She

“Please, Miguel, no teasing. I need to help. I need to so I can bring Abuelita to mama” The next day Esperanza started working in the fields. The reason that this connects is because Esperanza wanted to help Abuelita get to mama so she wanted to start working in the fields. Esperanza was reluctant to working at first, but if working means helping a family member, she will do anything. This proves that Esperanza will do whatever it takes because she persisted to convince Miguel until he said yes. Esperanza knew that she would not have been able to help just by praying or thinking about them, she needed to actually take Abuela to mama and see what happened becase it ould not have happened

In The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros, a little girl from a Latino heritage is given birth to. Not literally, but in the sense of characterization. Esperanza is a fictional character made up by Cisneros to bring about sensitive, alert, and rich literature. She is the protagonist in the novel and is used to depict a female’s life growing up in the Latino section of Chicago. Cisneros creates the illusion that Esperanza is a real human being to communicate the struggles of growing up as a Latina immigrant in a modern world, by giving her a name, elaborating her thoughts and feelings, and illustrating her growth as a person through major events.

The Latina women in the male-dominated society of The House on Mango Street cannot envision their own autonomy because they are taught to need a man to fulfill their life which allows these women to be easily manipulated. A woman's lack of power in a male-dominated society allows men to manipulate women physically and sexually because their society believes in powerful men and powerless women. Alicia, a women in The House on Mango Street, wants to study and go to school, but cannot because her father expects her to inherit her mother’s role in society as powerless worker in a factory. Her father demonstrates the common traditional views of a male in their male-dominated society. He states, “Anyway, a woman's place is sleeping so she