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House On Mango Street

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The House on Mango Street The House on Mango Street is written by Sandra Cisneros. This book is a realistic fiction coming of age novel. The read is about a young woman named Esperanza who hopes and dreams of one day moving away from the poor community of Mango Street. This street is full of many pitiful apartments, many foreigners from other countries, and packed tight with trouble. As she faces the journey to one day leave this sorrowful street she comes to realize it will always be apart of her by the end of the story.

This novel takes place over a period of a year in a poor Latino area in Chicago. There are plenty of characters is the book, but Esperanza is the protagonist. She is a round and dynamic character. The antagonist of the …show more content…

Her parents struggled with financial problems, taking care of their kids, and finding a home since they were foreigners. They moved around from house to house when she was a little girl. Wherever they went they could never seem to be happy with the decision. As the story goes on Esperanza fantasizes about living in an beautiful home and leaving Mango Street, never to come back. Life continues on miserably for Esperanza. She continuously writes, wishes, and hopes for this gorgeous house she will eventually live in. Maturity grabs hold of the hopeful girl, and slowly but surely, leads her to the conclusion that Mango Street will always be apart of her, whether she likes it or not. At first Esperanza does not want to believe this, but as time goes on she comes to accept the facts. By this time in the read, Esperanza still dedicates her life to leaving the street, but now has her mind set on coming back for the ones she left behind. Being young at the time she said it, she never would of believed she feels the way she does now. In conclusion to all of these events, Esperanza now almost accepts Mango Street, for it has shaped her into the you lady she now is. The conflict of this journey was internal as well as external. Sometimes she would have an outside force influence her, such as when a local opened up her eyes about how Mango Street will always be a part of her. The conflict is also internal because she has many decisions

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