esperanza lived in the house on mango street in chicago.
esperanza lived in the house on mango street in chicago.
where does esperanza live in the house on mango street?
chicago
the house on mango street is a 1984 coming-of-age/bildungsroman novel by mexican-american author sandra cisneros. it is written from the perspective of teenage latina, esperanza cordero, who struggles with her life in a chicano and puerto rican neighborhood of chicago. esperanza wishes to escape her impoverished life in her small red house on mango street to then return one day to rescue her loved ones as well. the novel combines old mexican traditions with modern american customs and explores the plight of marginalized latinos struggling to survive in a dominantly white country.  it is presented in a series of vignettes and is sandra cisneros’ first published novel. the book has earned many awards and accolades, and is considered to be a modern classic of chicana literature. it is a new york times bestseller and has been adapted into a stage play by tanya saracho.
the house on mango street
esperanza later slips into puberty and likes it when a boy watches her dance at a baptism party. esperanza's newfound views lead her to become friends with sally, a girl her age who wears black nylon stockings, makeup, high heels, and short skirts, and uses boys as an escape from her abusive father. sally, a beautiful girl according to her father, can get into trouble with being as beautiful as she is. esperanza is not completely comfortable with sally's sexuality. their friendship is compromised when sally ditches esperanza for a boy at a carnival. as a result, esperanza is sexually assaulted by a man at the carnival. earlier at her first job, an elderly man tricked her into kissing him on the lips. esperanza's traumatic experiences and observations of the women in her neighborhood cement her desire to escape mango street. she later realizes that she will never fully be able to leave mango street behind. she vows that after she leaves she will return to help the people she has left behind. esperanza exclaims that mango street does not hold her in both arms; instead, which sets her free.
the house on mango street