List of links
http://www.nagasaki-gaigo.ac.jp/ishikawa/amlit/c/cisneros21.htm
The Question and Answer section for House on Mango Street is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
The moral of the story would be that regardlerss of the challenges we face, those challenges are, in fact, a part of out identity... things that both make and allow us to attain our dreams.
Esperaza's family isn't poor, but they aren't rich either.... they wouldn't even be considered middle class. The money is tight, and there aren't any luxuries, but they get by......
Although she fears mice, Alicia fears her father more and obeys him. He says a woman's place is rising "with the tortilla star." Alcia does not sleep, however, but studies all night and endures a long commute because "she doesn't want to spend her...