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House on Mango Street

hts. But to taste papya drinks, and coconut it lets her dream of back when she was youthful, and didn't have her obligations to attend to. Or should I say her husbands. Chapter 32-Sally"Do you wish your feet would one day keep walking and take you far away from Mango Street, far away an maybe your feet would stop in front of a house, a nice one with flowers and big windows and steps for you to climb up two by two upstairs to where a room is waiting for you."Esperanza thinks that if only Sally could get away from her real family that everything will be alright for her, and that if she could live by herself she could be free to love and dream and express her self. But, I don't think it is actally like that. I think that Sally lives in a household where she is taught that women cannot live without a mans judgement or power. And for this, Sally might not ever escape to live out in the real world on her own. Chapter 33-Minerva Writes Poems"Next week she comes over black and blue and asks what can she do? Minerva. I don't know which way she'll go. There is nothing I can do."I hate this chapter. I absolutely hate it. It's reality though. There is of course nothing Esperanza can do for her. Because Minerva keeps letting her husband walk right back in and step on her. When he says he is sorry she believes him and lets him back in. When he beats her he says he is sorry and she believes him. So she lets him right back in again. I spit in his face. It's so disgusting how Minerva's husband treats her. Esperanza can only try and give her options of things she can do, but really she can't just solve Minervas problem. Minerva is the only one with the power to end her marriage and carry on about her life and raise her children.Chapter 34-Bums in the Attic"One day I'll own my own house, but I won't forget who I am or where I came from."She is so smart, and thoughtful. Yea, she's going to make something of herself, and have a nice house, but no she won't ...

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