The House On Mango Street By Sandra Cisneros

The House On Mango Street is based on the house Sandra Cisneros lived in growing up. The actual house she lived in has been demolished years ago but the house across the street of the original house is said to be the mirror reflection it. This “mirror reflection” of The House On Mango Street is located in Chicago, where the book takes place. This fact aligns with the book “The House On Mmango Street” written by Sandra Cisneros because the house which is located on mango street is where Esperanza starts growing up seeing the reality on how hard it really is to get what you want. In The House on Mango Street Esperanza's moves into a house on Mango St. after living in several other houses. Esperanza’s new, and previous houses are not like the

She always had to move into a new house but they were all very ugly and not like the house she always wished for. In the story The House On Mango Street, the author writes,” But even so, it’s not the house we’d thought we’d get.” (pg4). This quote shows that Esperanza always dreamed of living in a really nice house but none of the house have been like she has dreamed for. By examining this evidence, the reader can see that you can not always get what you want. This quote shows, Esperanza always wanted a house, but every house she went to wasn’t like the one she always dreamed

In the story The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros writes, “On the corner there is music from the bar, and Rafaela wishes she could go there and dance before she gets old.”(pg 79) This quote shows that Rafaela, as much as she wishes she can come out of her house, she doesn’t want to disobey her husband so she never come out even though she really wants. By examining this evidence it proves that the possible theme is not always getting what you want because here Rafaela wishes to be able to get out of the house, but she can not because she is too beautiful and her husband will not let her