Trapped In The House On Mango Street

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

Imagine feeling like you don’t belong and never will, or that the odds of your success is a slim chance to none. The House on Mango Street written by Sandra Cisneros, leads us into a world of poverty, broken dreams, and slithers of hope. The House on Mango Street follows the life of a young girl by the name of Esperanza Cordero, who occupies her childhood in an indigent Latino neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois. The books expresses her dire need to have a place where she can call home, and escape the harsh reality of her expected life. Though, her life on Mango Street is bearable with help of her little sister Nenny, her two best friends Rachel and Lucy, and her other friend Sally. On her journey to adulthood, Sandra Cisneros will show how Esperanza assimilates into a mature young lady, who truly find her identity, and develops emotionally as well as physically.

The book Esperanza Rising, by Pam Munoz Ryan, gives readers a reason to never be afraid of starting over. The main character named Esperanza, is faced with several challenging situations as a young girl. These challenging events are life changing at times, which forces her to make adult decisions at young age. The life Esperanza is forced to live is unfortunately a reality to many Mexican families that made the move to the United States in search of the American Dream. Events faced by Esperanza’s family alongside workers of the El Rancho de las Rosas, which Esperanza’s family owned, forces Esperanza to change into a mature young teenage female. Munoz Ryan shows Esperanza’s character change by challenges she is faced with. The outcome of these events show growth within her young life by the emotions Esperanza expresses. Throughout the book Munoz Ryan uses symbolism to show growth and change within all characters. However; it is obvious to see the symbolic aspects the author provides related to Esperanza’s changes. The author faces Esperanza with different events to help remind her of a once wealthy life along with her current immigrant life style. As a whole many factors influence Esperanza's change. In the onset of Esperanza Rising, Esperanza is a wealthy, spoiled and dependent eight year old child, due to life changing events, she matures into an independent and mature teenage female.

Esperanza Facing Challenges “Don’t be afraid to start over”. Being forced to leave your home, and make a new life for yourself and your family. Esperanza young Hispanic girl who was born a princess, than all of a sudden she’s facing challenges that she never thought she would have to deal with. Since her Papa’s death, Esperanza had to face many challenges as an immigrant. Such as learning how to do chores, dealing with Mama becoming sick with Valley Fever, than Esperanza and other Mexicans having to face discrimination in the U.S.

Esperanza's great-grandmother was forced trapped into marriage, she had never forgiven him. All she did was started out her window her whole life with sadness. A woman living on Mango Street, Rafaela is also trapped physically and mental. Rafaela gets locked indoors because her husband is afraid she'll run away since she is "too" beautiful to look at. The values of Rafaela as a person demolishes because of a man, her husband's insecurities.

NEW/OLD Title: The House on Mango Street Author: Sandra Cisneros Main Characters (Protagonist/Antagonist), Title, & Traits: Esperanza – narrator – writer/storyteller, matures throughout story (dynamic/developing character), outcast, confused, growing/maturing/coming of age Mama – domestic, safe place for Esperanza, somewhat clueless Papa – boss, strict, “straight” Nenny – Esperanza’s younger sister, they are more alike than Esperanza likes to admit, childish Alicia – forced to grow up/act as mother of house – controlling father – wants to have knowledge – wise Sally – Esperanza’s “friend” – sexually curious – uses sexuality to escape controlling, abusive father only to marry an older, controlling, abusive man – secretly rebellious Setting:

In The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, the reader is able to see how the anxieties about becoming adult women afflict the lives of young, Hispanic girls, particularly the poor, proud intelligent narrator Esperanza. In Esperanza's world, her Hispanic culture demands that women be sexual, yet punishes them for being so. In one scene, Esperanza and her friends speculate about how they need hips to make babies and try to laugh about their budding femininity, which seems, in the novel to be fraught with peril. In another scene they try on a pair of high heels for fun, which they eventually discard because of the unwanted attention this garners. The examples of women who lose their freedom because of love and marriage are many in the novel, such as Rafaela, who is locked in her apartment and can only communicate with the outside world through her

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.

The House On Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros follows young Esperanza and how gender limitations, within families and cultures, which are a prominent issue for females in her community. By now, Esperanza clearly recognizes these environment that keeps women in her community and from her background oppressed. She has seen several women go through hardships and containment, never truly having the opportunity to reach potential. For example, her grandmother who shares her name was restrained by her husband and could never leave the house, tying her down to only have her imagination of what exists beyond the window she gazes at. Furthermore, this is quite similar to the life of Esperanza’s neighbor, Rafaela, and is shown here:

The House on Mango Street,written by Sandra Cisneros, deals with a mexican girl named Esperanza, who grows up and dreams big in Chicago. Cisneros uses imagery, theme, and symbols to describe many things from Esperanza 's perspective. Imagery is used to describe items and people in a meaningful way. Cisneros uses various themes to show various ideas and beliefs. The symbols used describe objects and figures to portray ideas on a deeper level. Cisneros employs unique literary elements in The House on Mango Street that reflect meaningful ideas and beliefs through the narration of Esperanza.

The House on Mango Street, written by Sandra Cisneros was published in 1984. It is written in vignettes which are about Esperanza’s life living in a poor neighborhood in Chicago. Esperanza is the narrator and protagonist of the story. The Corderos dreamed of settling in a nice home of their own after moving around from one unpleasant place to another. The house on Mango Street is not what Esperanza planned to be her forever home, but she loves writing about her new, exciting, and sometimes scary adventures that she encounters. Writing is also a way for her to get away from the realistic world and give her a break to relax. She learns a lot and faces many new challenges with her friends from the neighborhood. She wants to think she does not

In The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, interactions with different women impact Esperanza’s coming of age and lead her to a point in life where she is ready to move away and become independent. Through these women, Esperanza is faced with situations that inform her about the real world that she is about to experience. A negative example of this real world is set through Minerva who is not much older than Esperanza, is already tied down by being married and having two children. Minerva has transitioned into a life that she will never be able to escape because of male power that is put over her by her husband. Minerva fears that she is destined to follow in her mother’s footsteps. “Her mother raises her kids alone and it looks like

The House on Mango Street is an interesting novel by Sandra Cisneros, and it was published in 1984. This novel is about a young Mexican-American girl named Esperanza who tells her story through vignettes, revealing the difficulties she experienced growing up with her Family in a low-income neighborhood in chicago. I chose The House on Mango Street because it is an interesting novel that explores race, gender, identity, culture, and socioeconomic status. In this novel, Cisneros incorporates her personal life experiences of being a young Latina female living in a society, dominated by man to describe the problems women were facing in House on Mango Street. During this period, women in the Latino culture and other cultures around the world were being treated as second class citizen, they were only valued for being wives and mothers, and were ostracized by society for wanting more in life. Throughout the novel, we see that Esperanza wants more in life, she has dreams of her own, dreams that goes against the cultural norms of Latinos. Her desire for something more than the house on Mango Street is going to help her move out of poverty by fulfilling her dreams. The negatives circumstances Esperanza endures due to the poor condition of Mango Street and the lack of role models motivated her to escape poverty and seek out a better life for herself.

A poignant figure in Esperanza’s life is her own grandmother. In fact, Esperanza was given her birth name after her grandmother. A touching gesture that came from good faith. A name may have some value, but for Esperanza there was a high intrinsic quality to such a simple component. Despite, never encountering her own grandmother in person, Esperanza was grateful to have fond memories by carrying her legacy through her name. Life’s motto concerns dealing with adversity and carrying the legacy of one’s family eternally. Being confident and smart was the only way to live by. No man was needed to help raise and nurture herself. Her grandmother instilled in Esperanza a sense of fortitude and independence. It is sad that a regret of Esperanza is linked to her grandmother, further illustrating the physical and mental hardships one can endure in

Have you ever felt like the place you belonged to didn’t belong to you? In The House on Mango Street, this is how the main character, Esperanza, felt. The author, Sandra Cisneros, did a good job in portraying a girl who couldn’t find her place. She had a problem accepting where she was from, The House on Mango Street is heartfelt novel and is great to pass the time. In this story, you will be shown the lives of Esperanza, her sister Nenny, their two best friends Rachel and Lucy, and the many people who lived on Mango Street. This book is about a girl who went from denying her place to accepting it.