The House on Mango Street is an admirable novel written around the life of the author, Sandra Cisneros. Esperanza is a twelve year old girl who moved to the crowded, Latino neighborhood in Chicago, a city were segregation was not unusual. The house she lived in was a small three bedroom living space with derelict walls and floors. Living with two brothers, Carlos and Kiki, and a younger sister, Nenny, Esperanza has no privacy and decides that one day she will own a house of her own to live in with a beautiful family.

Throughout a next year or two, Esperanza matures drastically. She was a stereotypical girl; she wanted to be around boys, have a nice body, and have tons of girlfriends. She had a sudden interest in boys and began appreciate it when they would gaze at her running or playing sports. She had also made...