characters
the main character
esperanza
the start of the story
esperanza introduces mango street
esperanza hardworking parents
papa and mama
her personality
shes friendly and kind
esperanza struggle with name and culture
identity
esperanza "older sister"
marin
guys hitting on them
family of feet
the queen of cats
cathy
her popularity
she is an outsider
marin and rafaela, trapped by social expectations
gender roles
her dad is super strict
sally
the first job
she is sexually assaulted
her husband locks her in
rafaela
her maturity
she takes care of her siblings
esperanza house is a part of her, no matter if she thinks different
home and belonging
hes from a different background
Geraldo
chanclas
an abusive husband
mirvana
coming of age
she thought mango street was poverty, towards the end it became part of her personality, she is grateful to be from there
epsperanza must return home to help who he left behind
responsiblity to community
she lost her mom and wants to go study at the university.
alicia
sally
she gets abused by her dad, leaves and gets abused by her husband
moves into Cathy's house
meme ortiz
she is
a building block of mango street
term for structure of short snapshots Sandra ciseneros usies for the book
vignette