Sexuality and gender are major themes in The House on Mango Street. ... Being valued by men becomes very important for the women on Mango Street because it means an escape for them. One character, Marin, is a perfect representative of this concept throughout the book. ... The women on Mango Street have been a major influence on Esparanza. ... You will always be Mango Street. ...
In The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, Esperanza is an extremely tragic character. ... At the same time, none of the characters were stock. ... In whole, The House On Mango Street demonstrated societies oppression of Latina females in Urban communities like Chicago today. ...
It seems like the narrator fears the secret room in Mustafa's house. ... He enchants them with his outrageous stories of lions and elephants walking down the streets of the cities. "...when I'm lying on my bed at night I put my hand out the window and idly play with the Nile waters till sleep overtakes me".(39) Is this an image of colonization in reverse? ... "(33) Are the encounters between the characters therefore unavoidable. ... Are these characters merely playing out the only roles they can, given the circumstances? ...
