Friday, March 25, 2011

Esperanza's future?

In the book, The House on Mango street,  Esperanza thinks of her future a lot. All of her early life events had caused her to care about her future.

    After reading the vignettes, it seems like Esperanza’s future does not want to live back on Mango street.

    “ You live right here, 4006 Mango, Alicia says and points to the house i am ashamed of” (pg 106).

Esperanza was embarrassed when telling people where she lives representing that in her future i think that she will not go back to the house on Mango street. The place where she was embarrass is probably the place where she will not go back to. She will do a comeback from what she left behind because all she want to do is run away from the stuff that caused her to leave things behind. Her childhood had caused her to feel the way that she should not going back to where she was. She wants to go back to what she had before and have a comeback. She wants to tell the people around her that she is strong and will have a come back to what she left behind.
   
    She dreamed about her house in the future where it uses lots of words representing alone.

    “ Only a house quiet as snow, a space for myself to go, clean as paper before the poem” (pg 108).

The word “myself” defines that she wants to be alone in her future. She wants to live in a different place then the house on mango street. She wants to show her neighbors that she is not going to be one of the people that is going to be trapped on mango street. She will have a come back where she can tell people the things that she can do that other people couldn’t. Her space for herself to go means that her destiny is for herself to chose and not by other people who ruins her future. She knows that in order for her to come back and chase her dreams, she must run away from the house on Mango Street.

1 comment:

  1. Your point about wanting to be alone, looking deeper into the word "myself," is something I had never thought about. Way to get into sharp detail with your analysis!

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