The House On Mango Street Cisneros

The House on Mango Street, a feminist text Do men and women both get the same rights? The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros is a story of a young girl named Esperanza living in a poor, latino community near Chicago. Over the span of a year, Esperanza struggles with the gender role that men are supposed to be dominant and controlling in a relationship and tries to keep control of her life after she and her friend are both sexually assaulted. The House on Mango Street is a feminist text because Cisneros advocates for women’s rights by raising awareness for many issues including the constant exposure of sexual assault to women, women are given completely different expectations than men, and the freedoms of women are limited by men. Cisneros advocates for women’s rights by including many scenes of women being sexaully assaulted. This is evident when Esperanza’s friend, Sally, acts like it is no big deal when she is forced into kissing a whole group of boys: “It was just a kiss, that’s all. A kiss for each one. So what, she said. Only how come I felt angry inside. Like something wasn’t right. Sally went behind the old blue pickup to kiss the boys

The loss of freedoms both during and after the assault shown by the sexaul assault victims in the story demonstrates Cisneros’s advocacy for the rights of women. Also, feminism is visible in the story when the author raises awareness for the extremely high and low expectations put on women. Additionally, Cisneros shows feminism by raising awareness for women have have losts rights because of their controlling partner. Are all these problems that cause women to have far less rights than men, or are they less serious than what is shown the