The House on Mango Street | Themes
Throughout the book Sandra Cisneros explores themes of cultural tradition, gender roles, and coming of age in a binary society that struggles to hang onto its collective past while integrating itself into the American cultural landscape. Esperanza herself is revealed as both a product of the community in which she lives and one of the only figures courageous enough to transcend her circumstances. Like all adolescents, Esperanza struggles to forge her own self-identity. In many respects, Esperanza's own keen observations and musings about the women in her neighborhood are her way of...
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