... of domestic life and therefore desire a house of their own. In Freudian terms, this transference of the author's desire for a house of her own onto the protagonist ultimately makes Esperanza an embodiment of Cisneros' desires and therefore a source of wish fulfillment. Through Esperanza's experiences, Cisneros connects the women looking out the window longing for an escape to a jail cell created by the men in their life. At the beginning of the novel, Esperanza explains how the house on Mango Street ... does not fulfill her desire for "real" house. She was ashamed of her ... ...

• Word Count: 2834
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate