Sandra Cisneros The House On Mango Street
Where you live should not determine how you feel about yourself. In Sandra Cisneros “The house on Mango Street” Esperanza's was a young girl living in poverty who was embarrassed of where she lived. When a nun saw her playing outside and asked her where she lived she felt as though the nun judged her and disapproved of where she lived “you live there? The way she said it made me feel like nothing”(Cisneros5) Esperanza was already dissatisfied with the three bedroom house that her and her six family members had to move into so, when the nun who is thought of to bring hope and lift spirits looks down on her it bothers her and makes her even more unhappy with her house. After, this incident with the nun Esperanza began to fantasize about what