![]() ![]() ![]() Esperanza befriends a girl named Sally, who is very beautiful and overly sexual, but has an abusive father. As Esperanza goes through puberty and matures sexually, she becomes aware that most of her female neighbors are abused or oppressed by the men in their lives, which leaves her conflicted in wanting to escape her patriarchal society and wanting to be desired by men. She experiences the humiliation of poverty, the injustice of racism, and the beauty of poetry and music. ![]() During her time on Mango Street, Esperanza learns to grow emotionally, sexually, and artistically from her experiences with the people in her life. Although her new home is an improvement from her past residences, it is not the house she or her family dreams of and Esperanza struggles in her journey to belong in the society that comes with Mango Street. The story describes the events in Esperanza’s life over a span of a year, in which she moves to a house on Mango Street. The novel, The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros is a coming of age story of a young Mexican-American girl named Esperanza Cordero. ![]()
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