Main Characters
She is the protagonist of The House on Mango Street
Who is Esperanza
She reads Tarot cards and tells people their future
Who is Elenita
He dies in a car accident
Who is Geraldo?
What forced Esperanza’s family to move to the house on Mango Street?
What is the landlord would not fix failing pipes?
Esperanza does not like how her name is pronounced in this language.
What is English?
She is Esperanza’s little sister whose birth name is Magdalena.
Who is Nenny?
She is a neighbor whose jealous husband locks her in their apartment.
Who is Rafaela?
He works night shifts and brings strange women to his house.
Who is Earl?
Esperanza compares herself to these objects because she feels strong but stuck.
What are trees?
Esperanza wants to know this from the fortune teller.
What is if she will have her own house?
She is forced by her dad to take over house chores after her mother dies.
Who is Alicia?
She is a childlike grown-up who plays with Esperanza and her friends
Who is Ruthie?
He steals Sally’s keys to make her kiss him.
Who is Tito?
According to Esperanza’s mother, this is unwise: “being one of…”
What are those who don’t?
Esperanza is assaulted by boys in this setting.
What is a carnival?
She runs off before eighth grade to get married.
Who is Sally?
She sells makeup and has a fiancé in Puerto Rico.
Who is Marin
He is Esperanza’s first crush.
Who is Sire?
According to Esperanza, she will keep these in her attic someday.
What are bums?
Esperanza believes this about Mexican culture
What is it does not seem to value strong women?
She is Esperanza’s first neighborhood friend who moves soon after Esperanza’s family arrives.
Who is Cathy
She is Ruthie’s mother and also a landlord
Who is Edna
He is Esperanza’s younger brother.
Who is Carlos?
By the end of the book, Esperanza realizes this about Mango Street.
What is she belongs there and is there for a reason?
According to one of the three aunts, Esperanza will always “be” this.
What is Mango Street?