The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

Esperanza Cordero

is the protagonist of the novel; a young girl of about eleven years old. Esperanza does not want to belong to her impoverished neighborhood and dreams of one day owning a home of her own, different from her families ramshackle dwelling on Mango Street. Throughout the course of the novel, Esperanza invents the person she will become: she aspires to be a writer and to overcome the limitations gender, race and class has placed upon her.

A few of Esperanza's memories can be found in gradesaver's short summary linked below. If you are looking for details, look through the chapter summaries. If you have any specific questions, feel free to add them below.

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