Unlike us, the disappointment for Esperanza lasts throughout her childhood. Esperanza longs for a better life, but she has to face the harsh reality of the "real world." Esperanza has always dreamed of living in a house all her own. Her house would have “indoor plumbing, white shutters, a picket fence, and a nice neighborhood” (Cisneros 318). Esperanza never got any of these things.
According to the story, Liliana Heker emphasizes on the blindness of the young character about social classes. To begin with the fact that Rosaura tells her mom about the monkey at a birthday, her mom says that it is completely nonsense. Rosaura thinks that her mom’s react is unfair and she is offended by her (10). She thinks that she’s invited to the party as a friend but she’s only an employee. It shows how she is ignorant about real friendship.
What Esperanza has been longing for is a big beautiful house that she can be excited to point at when asked which one is hers. She wants to pull into her driveway and smile proudly at what she sees. It appeared as if Esperanza was desperate for the right house. She was always so caught up in what she didn’t have, rather than what she had right in front of her. The houses Esperanza’s parents provided her with were never good enough.
This is called process as Lorber describes. For example in society, Sandy should dress more feminine and comply with her husband but in the Lee home it was the complete opposite. In the beginning of the novel, Sandy’s daughter Birdie indicated that, “She as a big woman, in both directions, and looked like a giant as she stepped over our toys…” (Senna 8). In Boston, Sandy surely did not care about the way she looked. The way she dressed was very disordered and always had her hair tied in a ponytail.
Their dream house would have running water, working pipes, and real stairs like the ones on T.V. The house would also have a washroom big enough to accommodate her big family. The outside of her dream house is white with a big unfenced yard and with trees. While her family describes their dream house, Esperanza remembers her house is the polar opposite, tiny, falling apart and without a yard. While realizing
In the novel The House On Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, narrator Esperanza lives in a red house on Mango Street. When Esperanza first moves to Mango Street it is not half of what her parents describes which leads to disappointment. She imagines a home with a big yard, beautiful trees, and a white exterior, but, instead, the house is red with small stairs and bricks that are crumbling. The front door is not correctly aligned and must be pushed with force to enter. Esperanza wishes she had the pleasure of having her own bedroom and bathroom but that didn’t happen either.
Her family moves around a lot and finally into a house of their own. Not the house that Esperanza wants. The houses are close together in the neighborhood. Theirs is red with crumbling brick, no front yard, one washroom, and everyone must share a bedroom with someone else. Esperanza, being in her adolescence, needs her own space.
Also I get the feeling Sally is trying to be cool at school and standout since she knows she has to fall in line at home and is not allowed to be individual. The way she dislikes going home to her house on Mango Street is often the way I feel coming home from my dad’s house. The part where it talks about her wanting to run away from Mango Street to a beautiful house is how I feel some days. Some days I feel like just walking out of the house too or not going home at all after summer vacations at my dad’s. My Name- The vignette My Name was another part of the story that I could identify and find similarities with.
When Dee arrives for her visit, her mother says, "Even her feet were always neat-looking" (88). Besides their appearances, Maggie and Dee have unique personalities. When Maggie is first introduced in the story, she is nervous about her sister's visit. In fact, Dee's arrival makes Maggie so uncomfortable that she tries to flee to the safety of the house (88). Maggie is also intimidated by Dee, as shown when Maggie is unable to confront Dee about the quilts.
These dolls are sold in over one hundred and forty countries. Some people view this doll as just a toy item for young girls to play with, and others see it as much more than that. Some people think that the doll is perfectly fine for their little girls to play with and do not find a problem with it at all. Other parents find this doll completely unacceptable for multiple reasons. Their reasons include the way it makes little girls think they are supposed to look, the body of a Barbie is not realistic, and it causes superficial thoughts, or causes self-image and self-esteem problems.