They take a gamble on her future by examining her palm and give the readers hope that she will actually make it because, once they read her palm they tell her that they see her plan’s to escape Mango Street. The Fates show up because it is a death and Esperanza is there and they are able to sense her feeling of insecurity and misplacement. They know everything that will happen to an individual during his lifetime, including the moment he will die, so they’re often associated with destiny and mortality.” With a general understanding now of The Fates, The House on Mango Street depicts Esperanza meeting the three sisters a wake for an infant. According to Ancient Origins, “In some traditions, they show up three days after a child is born in order to foretell the infant’s future. Sometimes, each of the Fates was assigned to a specific period of time: Atropos – the past, Clotho –the present, and Lachesis – the future”. Consistently portrayed as three women spinners, each of the three Fates had a different task, revealed by her very name: Clotho spun the thread of life, Lachesis measured its allotted length, and Atropos cut it off with her shears. According to Greek Mythology: The Fates, “Their names were: Clotho (meaning “The Spinner”), Lachesis (or “The Alloter”) and Atropos (literally “The Unturning” or, more freely, “The Inflexible”). These three ancient Greek sisters are called The Fates. The House on Mango Street introduced Greek Mythology into the picture with the three sisters that foretold the future of her. Secondly, we have the topic of the sisters. Overall, a house is a picture for domestic female captivity in which Esperanza wants to change that and make a house a woman’s own home. This chapter also shows a reference to ‘A Room of One’s Own’ by Virginia Woolf, whom says that a woman needs her own space. She states in “A House of My Own” that “not a man’s house,’ is the picture of perfect happiness. Her dream house is not owned and controlled by a man but by her. Sally’s reality is so very different from Esperanza’s dream house. One with no chores, tilted floors, or loud neighbors. ![]() In Esperanza’s mind she has dreamed of a free, female independent house. While in “Sire,” Sally does not get a windowsill and is completely entrapped by her husband. “Sire,” was the story in which Esperanza had a “windowsill” experience. In this context, windows become an expression of longing, and sort of a teaser of freedom for the women condemned to lives of domestic captivity. She leaned on the windowsills and yearned for release. An example of a house owned by a man that is a prison for a woman is Rafaela. While the symbol of freedom is the balloon. ![]() Esperanza uses houses to show the confinement of women in her life. Now onto the first mentioned symbol of the houses, confinement. Esperanza’s father says that he dreams of having a house with three bathrooms. Sadly, her shame and family’s shame drove them to stare in awe at the houses in the hills with her friend Cathy. She even denies living on Mango Street and describes her house as a “sad, red house.” This shame has connection to the shame felt by Esperanza in her family’s socioeconomic status. Esperanza starts her life feeling ashamed of her house. There are two main topics with the houses and how she feels confinement and fantasy. Houses are the object used to describe how Esperanza wants to live her life. Esperanza, the main character, is determined to have a beautiful house of her own one day, while describing, through the uses of symbolism and imagery, what she does not want to feel or hold in her life. She shows this feeling through the imagery of many female family members being “trapped” in houses. Though, the reality is that the book is a story of a girl who feels captured and trapped in her failures and disappointments and where her life is headed. The House on Mango Street is what seems like going to be a story of an upbringing of a family in a house, by the title alone. Foremost, the topic of houses starts with the title. The first main topic, and most perpetual, are the houses. There are many references longing to solve these problems and the heroine of the story is Esperanza. It is focused on the freedom rights of minorities and females. Reading this book can bring sadness, hope, and joy. Therefore, grade-schoolers can read this text and perceive a fun, weird text, while collegiate readers can dissect the deeper meaning of the text. ![]() Since this book can be read on a grade schoolers perspective but also a collegiate level, it must be filled with a deeper meaning. The House on Mango Street is lavished in these devices.
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