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Freedom Vs. Entrapment In The House On Mango Street

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In life,people work for one thing,freedom.the main character in the house on mango street proves this statement,throughout the book she has earned for a home of her own and to be rid of mango street,"One day I will say goodbye to mango.I am too strong for her to keep me here forever.One day i will go away ."pg.101, Cisneros portrays this many throughout the book like in this quote "[Mango street]set me free."pg.101.Though,in the book the theme is rarely clear,the evidence is clear that the main theme is freedom vs.entrapment,"I never had a house ,not even a photograph...only one i dream of."pg.107 because many characters have yearned for their own freedom entrapment,and the fact that many times freedom in this book is another entrapment this
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