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Esperanza is torn between deciding whether she wants to escape Mango
Street. She is embarrassed by the superficial appearance of her identity,
but appreciates her roots. Her house is a wreck and the neighborhood,
probably not much better off. However, she has loving family and friends.
Although marriage has caused the suffering of many of the women in her
neighborhood, she realizes that she needs men to fulfill the new desires
she attains as she hits adolescence.
Through the novel, Esperanza matures both physically and mentally. The
first thing that struck me about this novel was that the chapters were
very short. I realized that the narrator is young and has a short
attention span, judging from her fragmented observations. However,
Esperanza begins to mature and to develop a desire for men. While she
senses that many women are caged by men, they cannot be truly free
without them.
Most of the women Esperanza knows on Mango Street are either trapped in
their......

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