The translation of the protagonist's name, Esperanza.
What is Hope
What the Vargas kids don't have.
What is a father
What Rachel, Lucy, and Esperanza purchased together
What is a bike
What hand-me-down items Esperanza and her friends receive from a neighbor
What is high-heeled shoes
When she gets a house of her own, who or what Esperanza says she would let sleep in her attic
What is bums
What was in Esperanza's sandwich the day she ate in the canteen at school
What is rice
A place that becomes a symbol of magic and freedom for the neighborhood children
What is the Monkey Garden
How the girls in Esperanza's neighborhood often try to escape their lives, or escape Mango Street.
What is getting married
The body part that Esperanza fixates on as a symbol of her unattractiveness
What is her feet
Esperanza's friend who writes poetry
What is Minerva
Esperanza's older friend who values education because she "doesn't want to spend her whole life in a factory or behind a rolling pin"
What is Alicia