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Essay Archive - The House on Mango Street: Esperanza
The House on Mango Street: Esperanza
Sandra Cisnero’s The House on Mango Street, is a well-incorporated
story told through vignettes, shorts sections that piece by piece fit into
a puzzle and reveal a theme. This unique story is about a disadvantaged
young Chicana girl, named Esperanza, growing up in a poor neighborhood
where she feels she doesn’t belong. She doesn’t like what she experiences,
and constantly searches for a new future. As Esperanza grows and changes
throughout the book, she realizes that women in her culture are treated
unfairly, and makes a conscious choice not to fall into th....
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