![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In the middle of the novel, an old man kisses Esperanza on her first day at work without her consent because he said it was his birthday and he wanted a birthday kiss. Toward the middle of the novel, a bum offers to pay Rachel a dollar if she were to give him a kiss. Then, Cathy befriends Esperanza but their friendship is cut short since her family moves away from Esperanza’s neighborhood. In the beginning of the novel, Esperanza moves into a new house on Mango Street. You also get to see her making friends to enduring sexual assault. Throughout the course of the novel, you get to see how mature Esperanza becomes throughout the year. Because of this, Esperanza feels protective of her. She has a physically abusive father and ends up marrying a man that won’t let her see any of her friends or leave the house. This novel is basically about what Esperanza, one of the main characters, experiences while living in her new house on Mango Street located in a poor, mostly Latino neighborhood. I think people should read this novel because it has a strong message of growing up as well as showing the struggles of being a Mexican-American woman. “The House on Mango Street” by Sandra Cisneros is a coming of age novel that showcases many themes such as language and names, gender and sexuality, foreignness and society, identity and autonomy, and dreams and beauty. ![]()
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