The House on Mango Street | Social Concerns
The House on Mango Street, which appeared in 1984, is a linked collection of forty-four short tales that evokes the circumstances and conditions of a Hispanic- American ghetto in Chicago as seen through the eyes of Esperanza Cordero, a fictionalized adolescent girl coming of age. These concise and poetic tales also offer snapshots of the roles of women in this society by uncovering the dual forces that pull Esperanza. On the one hand, she wants to stay rooted in her cultural traditions, but on the other, she is compelled to pursue a better way of life outside the barrio.
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