Esperanza's Quest For Identity In The House On Mango Street

This story is Sandra’s first work of fiction that was recognized amongst other emerging writers in Chicana. The book exhibits her skills in poetry as the forty-six vignettes that make up the novel combine aspects of poetry and short stories. The novel is characterized by tiny chapters rich in metaphor, with each section remianing autonomous with its own title. The novel is generally a quest for identity, moving from one event to another, revisitting settings and characters. The House on Mango Street tells the story of a girl in search of her identity. Written in the Latina syntax and sensibility, the book looks at one crucial year in the life of Esperanza while employing some Spanish phrases to create effect and mood. The analysis of this story

She becomes ‘beautiful and cruel’ and forms a mental picture of her being flexible enough to adjust. For example, she keeps her feelings to herself and speaks as little as possible. This leaves the reader to always infer about her. In the chapter “Four Skinny Trees," her identification with trees makes her work on her self-image. In the chapter "Red Clowns", Esperanza breaks down through her own mental picture of Sally and returns to her usual terse style in the next chapter. Towards the last three chapters in the book, she comes out as a person who will feel everything deeply and quietly. She loves channeling her experiences and feelings into

The reader will realize that every character that Esperanza describes affects her life in a significant way. In her youthful stage of life, we can make an inference that she is a reliable narrator. This is because what she observes is accurate, honest and unexaggerated. In her narration, she takes the dual approach. First, she tells the story of her own identity, where she wants to become an artist. The second part of her narration focuses on her Latino neighborhood, in a manner that the reader comes to know her