Esperanza’s dreams and desires are not prevented despite her

poverty. The vignettes ‘The House on Mango Street’, ‘My

Name’ and ‘Mango Says Goodbye Sometimes’ best show the

position she is in and the way she deals with all of the

experiences that come her way. Poverty is a set back for

Esperanza, but it will not hold her back from obtaining her

It was obvious to everyone that Esperanza was poor, “You

live there? (5). The deteriorated tiny house on Mango Street

belonged to Esperanza. She lived in the poor part of her

neighborhood. She couldn’t wait to get out of it. The role

models in her vicinity were just as bad too. All of

Esperanza’s role models were women. All of the women she

looked up to were unhappy. They were all stuck in a place

they didn’t want to be, stuck behind “a window.” These lives

did not hold a fortunate future for Esperanza. She didn’t

see any women with a good life, but she was still determined

to get somewhere on her own, “I have inherited her name, but

I don’t want to inherit her place by the wind

(87). Poverty isn’t a good entity in Esperanza’s life now,

and the way she acts, but it does not change her dreams.

Mango Street, but it does not stand in her way. Esperanza’s

is her poverty that makes her realize that when she becomes

not the life she wants; she can do better, “Minerva. I don’t

was a strong lady, but her life ended when she got married.

Esperanza’s poverty is a setback in her life now, but it

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