The House On Mango Street By Sandra Cisneros

Struggles of Role Models on Mango Street Many people have other people in which they look up to, and often repeat that person’s actions while some of these role models could have something bad going on in their life. In the novela The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros the main character Esperanza looks up to many role models, all of which has something going on in their lives. Esperanza always has the dream of having her own home. Her family moves all of the time, and usually gets a non spacious apartment. While living on Mango Street Esperanza meets many females who turned out to be a role model to Esperanza. Cisnero shows how these role models help Esperanza and all of their struggles in the vignettes “Marin”, “What Sally Said”, and “Alicia and I Talking on Edna’s Steps”. While people may have struggles in their lives but they can still be an effective role model to others. Role models can be in any situation and people may not be able to see their role models for much longer. Esperanza has a role model named Marin who is about to be sent away. In the vignette “Marin” Cisneros writes,

Esperanza hates where she is living, and is very embarrassed about it, but one of her many role models steps up to show her the truth about where Esperanza lives. In the vignette “Alicia and I talking on Edna’s Steps” Cisnero writes, “No, Alicia says. Like it or not you are Mango Street, and one day you’ll come back too” (107). What Alicia is saying is that Esperanza keeps Mango Street alive. She is saying that in the end Esperanza will see the good in Mango Street and will want to come back at some point in her life. Alicia is showing Esperanza that she should be proud of Mango Street. Alicia is explaining to Esperanza that in the end she lives in Mango Street and she keeps the place the way it should be. This shows that role models can show you things you would have never thought