Feminism In The House On Mango Street
Approximately 70 percent of people in national minimum wage jobs are women ("Facts and Statistics on Gender Inequality"). Feminism was not only a problem back in the 1960’, but it is still prevalent in today’s society. Gender roles played a huge part in women’s rights specifically in different cultures. Feminism is fighting for women’s rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men. The theme of feminism in the Hispanic culture appears frequently throughout Sandra Cisneros’s, The House on Mango Street because of the time period she's writing about, traditional gender roles are present. In The House on Mango Street, the theme of feminism is portrayed in numerous chapters through Esperanza’s view on many women's inequalities.
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Esperanza was going on and on about how she didn’t like her name. Esperanza hopes she doesn’t end up like her great grandmother because “She looked out the window her whole life, the way so many women sit their sadness on an elbow... Esperanza. I have inherited her name, but I don't want to inherit her place by the window” (Cisneros “My Name”). This represents the traditional gender roles that lead to women being trapped inside her life full of inequalities. The women can’t do anything other than sit by the window on their free time. The window represents the woman's place in the house because when Esperanza talks about all the women she shares about, she always ends up mentioning that they end up by the window. The Esperanza explains in her quote that she doesn’t want to be another women stuck bye window. She wants to be something great and her motivation is to not be another women sitting by the window watching their life drift away. This is another example of feminism in The House on Mango Street because women aren’t given the same freedoms and choices as men are. These are just a few examples of Feminism in Sandra Cisneros’s The House on Mango Street. In The House on Mango Street feminism is a reoccurring theme throughout each vignette in the novel. Esperanza always has a way of displaying feminism like how she portrays it through the
Esperanza was going on and on about how she didn’t like her name. Esperanza hopes she doesn’t end up like her great grandmother because “She looked out the window her whole life, the way so many women sit their sadness on an elbow... Esperanza. I have inherited her name, but I don't want to inherit her place by the window” (Cisneros “My Name”). This represents the traditional gender roles that lead to women being trapped inside her life full of inequalities. The women can’t do anything other than sit by the window on their free time. The window represents the woman's place in the house because when Esperanza talks about all the women she shares about, she always ends up mentioning that they end up by the window. The Esperanza explains in her quote that she doesn’t want to be another women stuck bye window. She wants to be something great and her motivation is to not be another women sitting by the window watching their life drift away. This is another example of feminism in The House on Mango Street because women aren’t given the same freedoms and choices as men are. These are just a few examples of Feminism in Sandra Cisneros’s The House on Mango Street. In The House on Mango Street feminism is a reoccurring theme throughout each vignette in the novel. Esperanza always has a way of displaying feminism like how she portrays it through the