House On Mango Street Identity Issues

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In the story House on Mango Street written by Sandra Cisneros, the narrator Esperanza faces serious identity issues. These issues revolve around her self esteem, social status, and ethnicity. A good way to describe Esperanza and her issues is a red balloon, tied to an anchor. The anchor is herself, and the balloon is what she wants to be, and she’s holding herself down. In the chapter “Boys and Girls” Esperanzas says “Until then I am just a red balloon, a balloon tied to an anchor.” Esperanza is the anchor, and the balloon is what she desperately wants to be or have. But due to the era this story takes place in she battles racial issues, she battles identity and self esteem issues, along with loneliness. All these negatives just add more and