![]() ![]() Esperanza vows that she will not end up like the first Esperanza and so many women do- watching life pass by through the window. ![]() ![]() ![]() Esperanza was named after her great- grandmother, who was tricked into marriage and doomed to a life of sadness afterwards. She is very self-conscious about her name, whose mispronunciation by teachers and peers at school sounds very ugly to her ears. It is not at all the dream-house her parents had always talked about, nor is it the house high on a hill that Esperanza vows to one day own herself.Įsperanza is not only ashamed of her home, but she is also uncomfortable with her outside appearance, which she feels does not convey the true personality hidden insider her. Esperanza is disappointed by the red, ramshackle house. The novel begins when the Cordero family move into a new house, the first they have ever owned, on Mango Street in the Latino section of Chicago. Although the novel does not follow a traditional chronological pattern, a story emerges, nevertheless, of Esperanza's self-empowerment and will to overcome obstacles of poverty, gender, and race. The House on Mango Street traces Esperanza Cordero's coming-of-age through a series of vignettes about her family, neighborhood, and secret dreams. ![]()
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