House on Mango Street

describe the authors relationship with her family

esperanza

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Esperanza is basically embarrassed about her family and their relative poverty. She is somewhat expected to live the aspirations of her talented mother; for much of her life she feels like she is not as good as everyone else. As a writer she understands that if she leaves the life she now lives, she must never forget where she came from. She is especially close to her little sister.