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the house on mango street by Sandra Cisneros

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Cisneros ' House on the Mango Street : Beauty Comes from Within

Sometimes it is difficult to live through the travails of what life has to offer for all of us . For some who are unlucky , they have to go through numerous trials and tribulations in to survive the rigors of poverty , dysfunctional families and societal problems . However , when we learn to see the bright side of everything , we will realize that all these bitter and difficult experiences in life can be beautiful and

meaningful for us . Without these , we would not attain success or learn about our mistakes that make all of us better and stronger people . As a quote from Sandra Cisneros ' The House on the Mango Street (1989 ) goes -- Butterflies too are few and so are flowers and most things that are beautiful . Still , we take what we can get and make the best of it this means that we can all live through seeing things as beautiful and essential . What is important is that we value the things that we have and it is up to us to make our lives better than what we deserve

Sandra Cisneros ' The House on the Mango Street weaves a thought-provoking , coming-of-age tale of a young girl . She is not only struggling to grow up to become a fine lady like usual American girls but she is faced with shame , guilt and disappointment as her family is embarking on to acquire a new home in America . As the story comes to a full circle , the readers would inevitably commiserate with how the girl dealt with the scenarios she had faced . She did not only have to go through the complicated journey with her family to their new home , but she has to deal with the big disappointment that their new house is not what she hoped for . These difficulties definitely fanned some fire inside her - to become more determined and strive harder in the future In the end , readers could predict her utter frustration why things are always tough for immigrant people like them in America

In the story , Esperanza 's family has to undergo an awkward transition of looking for a permanent place to live . Readers will immediately infer that the young girl 's family has Chicano roots because the girl enumerated the members of the family in beginning her story -- Papa Mama , Carlos , Kiki and Nenny . What 's admirable about Cisnero 's conversational style of story-writing is that everyone can relate to their experiences . At one point in anyone 's life , we all can identify with the travails of going through a house transfer . Anyone 's initial reaction will be to feel excited of how our new house will look like or who our new neighbors will be . Unfortunately , for the young girl , she is bound to be betrayed by her own expectations

When Esperanza 's father announced that they are getting a new house in Mango Street , she expected...

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