In “linoleum roses”, Sally struggles to find her identity and believes she will find it by leaving home and deciding to marry at a very young age. Sally admits she is happy about being married since now she can have her own things like “pillowcases and plates” (Cisneros 101). Sally thinks that being a housewife will somehow give her happiness, at first it does, but soon her husband starts being very controlling towards her. He doesn’t let her have friends over, talk on the phone, or even go outside because he is afraid that she will leave him. She starts feeling trapped as many Mexican-American women during this time because they are simply told that their only value in life is to be at