Summary of /The House On Mango Street Essays -

Summary of /The House On Mango Street 20133787 Zainab Yousif ALshaikh [emailprotected] The House On Mango Street is written by Mexican-American writer Sandra Cisneros, who's the only daughter among seven children, the novella is influenced by her migration struggles, poverty and misogyny. The novella, which is consisted of series of vignettes or short sketches, genera is a coming of agebecause it talks about the transition of Esperanza in the Mango Street from being a child to being an adult and the changes in her and in the society during that process, starts with making a friend then the edge of puberty "hips grows and too reach her first crush, endure being rapped and writing to have a space to breath behind the Mango Street till it becomes sexually and emotionally matures. The clear big image that has been given about the community revel the possible paths Esperanza may follow in the future. From looking at the title, you will figure out that the House On the Mango Street is where the story take place. The Mango street is a poor neighborhood in Chicago where the community represents the harsh reality our narrator and main character Esperanza, tries to escapee from. Esperanza, whose name mean "hope, is a young girl who struggles with poverty in her life and wishes for a house better than the house On Mango Tree a house like the one's on T.V. At the beginning of the story Esperanza's family has just moved to the House On the Mango Street. Esperanza hates it because it isn't what she wanted. Esperanza become friend with Lucy and Rachel including Esperanza's sister. When they are on the edge of puberty, only Marin stories helps them to learn about boys because it's forbidden to talk to boys even your brothers outside your house. As a result, it creates a lack of knowledge concerning men thinking ways that's explain why they walk around their neighborhood in high-heeled shoes and when an older man kisses Esperanza at her first job. Also, at school when the nun asks her to point her house she doesn't point the right house and at the party when she refuses dance request because she is wearing an old shoe, all of that because she is ashamed of her family's poverty when she is puberty , she starts to like boys watching her dancing and want to feel and express love concept love and she dreams about love. The death of her grandpa and her aunt, who inspire her to write make s her aware of her matureness and to realize how much her family needs her now and to start thinking about tomorrow and what to do if h er father dies. On the other hand, Her Friend Sally is expose to men. she explores her beauty makes up for her father's violence, her father punishes his daughter because his sister she away with a man. Sally acceptance when boys ask her to kiss them to return her keys in spite of Esperanza's refusal and the crisis occur when Sally leaves her alone and promise her to return and Esperanza is sexually rapped. Toward the end, three women tell Esperanza that she is special and will get out but she has to return for those who can't leave then the falling action come when Alicia try to convince Esperanza that the Mango Street is an integral part from her she can't remove it but she refuses to understand. But eventually the resolution happen, when she finds the balance despite her painful experiences and the neighborhood's women experience and discover that she says is stronger than the Mango street so it can't hold her foe ever. not to forget the fact her writing helps her to escape emotionally but in the future it my help her to escape physically and she will return for others. I really liked what Cisneros portrayed and the dimension she discusses. Regarding how people like Esperanza in her worst condition can fight to give birth to her dreams. Despite the fact that she is a woman in men world and suffer to stay safe and alive even in her severe bad conditions and eventually she succeed in saving her dream. Furthermore, she chose not to