“She looked out the window her whole life, the way so many women sit their sadness on an elbow” (Cisneros 10). This quote is a very compelling line from the novella The House On Mango Street, written by Sandra Cisneros. Sandra Cisneros writes about a young girl, Esperanza, who is a typical young girl, at some moments an adult and at some a child. Except,this child can exhibit adult perception. Throughout the story, Esperanza meets all kinds of women who in the end change her perspective of the world. Esperanza is determined not to become a women sitting by a window, like the rest of her neighborhood. However, Esperanza understands that when she departs from Mango Street, she will continue to protect the women in her neighborhood. Sandra Cisneros …show more content…
Throughout the story Esperanza is determined to find a friend of her own. “One I can tell my secrets to. One who will understand my jokes without my having to explain them” (Cisneros 8). During the novella, Esperanza stumbles upon a girl, Sally, who is not a typical girl. Sally is beautiful, but dangerous. She wears makeup, short skirts, and talks to boys, but Esperanza is drawn to Sally. She finds Sally mysterious and wants to become her friend. Towards the end of the novella, Esperanza realizes that not even women protect each other. In the vignette “Red Clowns” Cisneros writes about how Sally is unfaithful and betrays Esperanza in way that could never be forgotten. Esperanza says, “I waited by the red clowns, just like you said, but you never came, you never came for me. Sally Sally a hundred times. Why didn't you hear me when I called? Why didn’t you tell them to leave me alone?” (Cisneros 99). In this quote Esperanza explains how she has been betrayed by someone she thought was her friend, but just because Esperanza was abandoned doesn't mean she will do the same. The experience of being betrayed affects Esperanza’s identity in a huge way. If she had not met Sally, she never would've developed a strong connection to women. Also, If she had not