Esperanza In 'The House On Mango Street'

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Esperanza is the most fully developed character in the book “the house on Mango Street”. Esperanza is a twelve-year-old Chicana ( Mexican-American) girl that lives on Mango Street. Esperanza tells her story of how she’s a budding writer and one-day wishes for a home of her own. The house on Mango Street chronicles is a year in her life as she matures emotionally and sexually. Esperanza

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