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The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros












The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

At the end of the novel, she is determined to leave Mango Street, yet she has promised to come back so that she can help those who were not able to leave. These experiences and oppressions make "contribute" to Esperanza’s growing creativity and desire to write, and her dream of a house increases Esperanza's desire to get away from Mango Street. 1 thought I would because he was so old and just as I was about to put my lips on his cheek, he grabs my face with both hands and kisses me hard on the mouth and doesn't let go." In another damaging incident, Esperanza is raped by a boy while other boys watch. As she writes in the novella, "He said it was his birthday and would I please give him a birthday kiss. Esperanza is exposed to incidents like when she starts her job on the first day an old man kisses her without her permission.

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

Most Chicana women do nasty works in the working field too. They are simply closed in the house and doing housework. She especially observes women who have been forced to live without proper education and other rights. And the novella is handled through her experiences. Throughout the years, Esperanza develops emotionally, artistically, and sexually with the things she encounters in the neighborhood and school.














The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros