Although the novel does not follow a traditional chronological
pattern, a story emerges, nevertheless, of Esperanza's self-empowerment
and will to overcome obstacles of poverty, gender, and race. The novel
begins when the Cordero family move into a new house, the first they
have ever owned, on Mango Street in the Latino section of Chicago.
Esperanza is disappointed by the red, ramshackle house. It is not at all
the dream-house her parents had always talked about, nor is it the
house high on a hill that Esperanza vows to one day own herself.
Esperanza
is not only ashamed of her home, but she is also uncomfortable with her
outside appearance, which she feels does not convey the true
personality hidden insider her. She is very self-conscious about her
name, whose mispronunciation by teachers and peers at school sounds very
ugly to her ears. Esperanza was named after her great- grandmother, who
was tricked into marriage and doomed to a life of sadness afterwards.
Esperanza vows that she will not end up like the first Esperanza and so
many women do- watching life pass by through the window. To break free
from her name connotations, she longs to rename herself "Zeze the X," a
choice she finds more reflective of her true self.
As the new
girl on the block, Esperanza observes many of life's most joyous and
harsh realities while meeting her Mango Street neighbors. Her first
friend, Cathy, is a short-lived friendship because Cathy's father soon
moves the family away because the neighborhood is getting bad, or in
other words becoming more inhabited by lower-class Latinos like
Esperanza's family. Two other young sisters, however, adopt Esperanza
into their circle when she chips in money to help them buy a bicycle.
Lucy and Rachel help Esperanza ponder the wonders of growing up by
inventing rhymes about hips and parading around Mango Street in
high-heeled shoes.
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Although the novel does not follow a traditional chronological pattern, a story emerges, nevertheless, of Esperanza's self-empowerment ...

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