The House On Mango Street Literary Analysis

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In the novel, The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, writing sets Esperanza apart from her neighborhood because she has a way to get out of the neighborhood and has people supporting her along the way. Writing is setting Esperanza apart from her neighborhood because not many of her neighbors have something to help them get out and Esperanza is being supported through it all. Esperanza likes to read and write poems for her Aunt Lupe, who is very sick and one of Esperanza’s big supporters. Cisneros writes, “That’s very good, she said in her tired voice. You just remember to keep writing , Esperanza. You must keep writing. It will keep you free, and I said yes, but at that time I didn’t know what she meant.” (Cisneros 61) This quote shows