House On Mango Street Compare And Contrast Essay

Anyone can make a difference, and they may not even know it. The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros talks about growing up as a Mexican in an American neighborhood and the challenges that come along with it. The main character Esperanza talks about people who made a difference in the neighborhood and her life. It only takes one person to make a difference, but others would argue that it takes many people, each with different qualities, to make a difference. A person can make a difference even if they may not know it. Cathy says to Esperanza, “She lives upstairs, over there, next door to Joe the baby-grabber. Keep away from him, she says. He's full of danger.”(Cisneros). Cathy says that to Esperanza without any evidence causing Esperanza to think negatively of Joe when he might be a nice person. This negatively affects the neighborhood and makes people scared of Joe even though he may not have done anything bad. “Then she was sorry and said I could stay–just for today, not tomorrow or the day after–you go home.”(Cisneros). The nun letting Esperanza eat in the canteen without a pass positively changed Esperanza's day and made her happy and feel

Esperanza is talking and says “Those who don't know any better come into our neighborhood scared. They think we’re dangerous.”(Cisneros). Everyone who lives in the neighborhood and their actions can affect others' opinions of the community. But each individual's actions affect the neighborhood in their way and with all their actions combined it can create a bad or good view of a community. “See. That's what I mean. No wonder everybody gave up”(Cisneros). Rosa Vargas had help raising her kids from many of her neighbors and eventually, everyone who was helping gave up because of the actions of the kids they were watching. Even though many people were involved in the actions of the quotes above it was all of their actions that made a