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Student Essay on "The House on Mango Street"

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Sandra Cisneros
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Summary:   Character analysis of Esperanza in The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros.


Mainly, the characters in The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros, are static, except for the main character, Esperanza. Nenny, Lucy, and Rachel are characters considered static because they don't change throughout the novel. They pretty much remain the same from beginning to end. At the beginning of the novel, Esperanza is a girl with a low self-esteem, and then she changes as the novel go on.

First, at the start of the novel, Esperanza was very naive. Like when Louie's cousin drove up in the new car, she never suspected anything was wrong. Later when the cops came and arrested Louie's cousin, Esperanza didn't understand what was going on and started waving as they drove away.

Second, a man asked Esperanza to kiss him at her first job and she agreed. He kissed her hard on.....

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