"The House on Mango Street"

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This paper suggests that the house in the novel symbolizes the place of women in society and symbolizes Esperenza's struggles. The writer considers this in detail by describing how the house represents the place of women and how the house represents Esperenza's identity struggle and the final realization about the reality of life for Esperenza and for all women.

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"The novel is mainly a story about Esperenza's struggles but also extends to illustrate the struggles of all women. This is illustrated by the various other female characters who all have their own range of problems to deal with. The major struggles of these characters are all related to houses, where houses represent the place of women in society. This is especially related to the old-fashioned views where women are expected to be only housewives and mothers. This is especially important in this novel because of the ethnicity of this characters, where the ethnicity means that the expectations of women as being homemakers is stronger than usual. This is seen by Esperenza's great-grandmother, who had similar qualities to Esperenza, but these were tamed when she was married."

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