Mrs. Russell
Honors Literature
30 November 2015
Love Wins People are greatly influenced by love. It sways them in how they feel about certain situations and decisions they must make. Love can make people cross boundaries and do things they normally would not do, such as in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. All together love makes people do incredible things. These incredible things can be seen in the stories Night and The House on Mango Street. A common theme between the stories is how love for one's family can give one motivation to carry on. Both stories tell about how young people push through hard times by believing in someone they love and keeping that person close to them. Within the story Night, by Elie Wiesel, the love …show more content…
In the story The House on Mango Street the main character describes the Spanish culture she lives in. And in her culture much of it is centered around family. She has a leading role in her family as the one that ties everything together. From being the one everyone talks to about their problems to working to cheer up her family members when someone dies. She looks on the bright side of situations, this can be seen wither her descriptions of moving up in the world by moving to new houses. The house she has just moved into is not a great house, yet it is still better than the old ones she has lived in. Along with looking on the bright side she is always comforting. She listens to her mother and sisters and gives them advice about the problems they face. She advices them to follow their hearts much like she follows her own. The greatest instance of Esperanza's love is shown when her aunt dies. Esperanza is mad at her aunt because now she has no one to read the poems she has written to. She must get rid of the anger she hole for her aunt and push through to help her family in a time of need with her love. She changes her emotions to love and works to make her family better in the tough situation. Much like Elie holds his family together so does Esperanza so that they can get through the toughest of times as a family with