The House On Mango Street Seeking Independence — страница 2

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the contempt with which Esperanza views many of her peers whose only goal is to become a wife. To learn how to guard her power from men, Esperanza looks to the example of the movie vixen ?with (the) red red lips who is beautiful and cruel (Cisneros 89).? Esperanza gains strength in herself by accepting the situation she is in as it is, be acquiring a determination to leave it as week, much like author Sandra Cisneros. In both vignettes, Esperanza looks to others for answers, first to the boys in her neighborhood and then to the movie vixen. She does not necessarily make her own conclusions or solutions to her problem of dependency to her restrictive culture. In The House on Mango Street, there are some similarities, but more differences that separate Esperanza?s character, as she

grows more mature and aware of the situation that surround her. In the novel, the reader hears a change in voice, which is the main purpose that Cisneros sets forth. Esperanza first identifies her difficulty with her society, and then accepts and at the same time defies it. In ?Boys and Girls? the reader sees a young girl that is investigating her possibilities in life. In ?Beautiful and Cruel? the reader sees a woman who has become independent from the boundaries of her society. Esperanza is tied down by the ?anchor,? and then casts it off with her refusal to wait for the ?ball and chain.? Esperanza changes from a little girl who makes wishes about her future, to a woman who takes her future in her hands as she begins a ?war? on the limitations that she face in her Latino

society. In conclusion, Esperanza makes the ultimate change of becoming independent. As Sandra Cisneros wrote The House on Mango Street, she too further realized her role as an influential woman of her heritage; this realization mirrors Esperanza?s journey to womanhood. Esperanza is ?alienated from the rest of society in many ways (Hannon 1).? But she uses this alienation to become ?strong and inspirational (Hannon 1).? Esperanza is a very strong woman in herself. Her goals are ?to not forget her reason for being . . . so as to achieve a freedom that?s not separate from togetherness