From A House To A Home

When I was young I dreamed of having a large and spacious house with winding staircases overlooking a large vaulted living room. My house has 4 bedrooms, including three quarters on the second floor and there is a huge master suite including a private office. Of course, this house has everything from gourmet kitchens to panoramic views of all the windows. Music is radiated to each room from the central hi-fi system. But this is just a dream.

The real family of Mango street's house is the place of mind. At Mango Street's house, Sandra Cisneros developed this famous statement to describe what the "house" truly represents. What is home? It has four walls and a rooftop house, grew up as a child's neighbors, or as a unique Cleaver clan, all perfect without problems. - The relationship between Esperanza and her family changed in Mango street. Over time, she changed the house itself and the emotional impact of the house. Esperanza's house on Mango Street symbolizes her Mexican culture. She wanted to leave it forever. She imagined a lifestyle that is different from her habit - from home to home. "This house will be different / my life will be different"

In the novel, Esperanza wants to have a house, not the house in which it lives. Most women of Mango street have the same feelings. Esperanza does not want to be welcomed by a man like a woman on Mango street. (Rivera 1) Even if Marin lived at home it was not her homesick idea. The idea of ​​the Marin family is to live comfortably in the United States and her relatives can not contact her and she wants to escape her current life. Someday she often dances in alleys, expecting someone to come to her and give her a house.