... 's support. Although these characters, like me, faced challenges in trying to achieve their education, they were able to endure poverty, the lack of support, and feelings of doubt regarding their impossible goals, they overcame their barriers to achieve their college education just as I too will obtain my college diploma and dreams. The House on Mango Street describes the last house Esperanza and her family ... one day they would move into a house they can call their own with running water, real stairs, a basement, and at least three washrooms, this was not that house. Further they descr...

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• Grade Level: High School