Moving from house to house as a young girl, Esperanza has lived in many houses, not that she has ever been proud of; none that she can call home. She tells each and every street and tries to describe the house. Her family dreams of a big house with many rooms and many bathrooms. Their house on Mango Street consists of one bedroom and one bathroom. It’s not the house they imagined when they were told they were moving. It has crumbling bricks, no front yard and small windows. It could almost be described as depressing. The family doesn’t have to deal with landlords or rent, the house is all theirs unlike their other houses. At one of their old houses a nun made Esperanza ashamed of where she lives. Esperanza dreams of a house outside of Mango Street, a house where she can have bums living in her attic. A house where she can host fancy dinner parties and be proud of who she is. Despite the fact that Mango Street is where she lives, this house is no home for Esperanza.
~Ingrid <3
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