“If you follow in other’s footprints, you won’t make any of your own,”-Unknown. That is what the protagonist named Esperanza from the novel, The House on Mango Street, wants to be able to do. She wants to be able to pave her own path and determine her own faith. Throughout the story the author reiterates this central idea including these quotes, “My great grandmother. I would’ve liked to have known her, a wild horse of a woman, so wild she wouldn’t marry. Until my great grandfather threw a sack over her head and carried her off,” (page 11) “Esperanza. I have inherited her name, but I don’t want to inherit her place by the window,”(page 11) and “ I would like baptize myself under a new name, more like the real me, the one nobody sees” (page 11).
In the story , Sandra Cisneros writes, “My great grandmother. I would’ve liked to have known her, a wild horse of a woman, so wild she wouldn’t marry. Until my great grandfather threw a sack over her head and carried her off,” This quote shows that Esperanza’s great grandmother was such a wild and free soul before she got married. The quote uses her great grandmother’s …show more content…
I would’ve liked to have known her, a wild horse of a woman, so wild she wouldn’t marry. Until my great grandfather threw a sack over her head and carried her off,” “Esperanza. I have inherited her name, but I don’t want to inherit her place by the window,” and “I would like baptize myself under a new name, more like the real me, the one nobody sees.” When someone feels like they have to live up to expectations that they do not like or follow in someone’s footsteps, we should all look back at this novel and try to apply this lesson to our lives, because you pave your own pathway, you determine your own faith, no one
In the story , Sandra Cisneros writes, “My great grandmother. I would’ve liked to have known her, a wild horse of a woman, so wild she wouldn’t marry. Until my great grandfather threw a sack over her head and carried her off,” This quote shows that Esperanza’s great grandmother was such a wild and free soul before she got married. The quote uses her great grandmother’s …show more content…
I would’ve liked to have known her, a wild horse of a woman, so wild she wouldn’t marry. Until my great grandfather threw a sack over her head and carried her off,” “Esperanza. I have inherited her name, but I don’t want to inherit her place by the window,” and “I would like baptize myself under a new name, more like the real me, the one nobody sees.” When someone feels like they have to live up to expectations that they do not like or follow in someone’s footsteps, we should all look back at this novel and try to apply this lesson to our lives, because you pave your own pathway, you determine your own faith, no one