Compare and contrast Esperanza and the other women of The House on Mango Street. In your response, describe Esperanza's character and demonstrate how she is similar to and different from the other women in the novella. Then, explain why Esperanza, unlike other women in the story, is able to avoid the pitfalls of her environment.

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Mattie Gonzales

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5 August, 06:43

Compare and contrast Esperanza and the other women of The House on Mango Street. In your response, describe Esperanza's character and demonstrate how she is similar to and different from the other women in the novella. Then, explain why Esperanza, unlike other women in the story, is able to avoid the pitfalls of her environment.

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Jeremiah Little · Answer 1

Esperanza, like other women, is contained in a patriarchal society that devalues women and places them in situations of inferiority and submission. However, unlike most of these characters, Esperaza has a family base that empowers him to seek a better and promising future.

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"The House on Mango Street" shows a society where women are victims of a strong concept of the superiority of men. This is a patriarchal society where most girls are violence from their parents, are limited to housework and have the only way to change their lives, find a man to marry, however, many times this marriage is not happy, because of abuses that husbands have on them.

Esperanza also lives in this society and despite being a possible victim to this oppressive system, she is encouraged to seek a better, but happy and egalitarian future. This is because Esperanza has a peaceful family base, where she does not suffer any type of psychological or physical violence, which gives her the strength to pursue specific and beneficial goals.