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    The House on Mango Street is a coming of age book about a Chicana named Esperanza who grows up in a poor family. One of the problems she faces in the book is getting raped. The house is a symbol because it reflects on the social class her family is in.

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    The House on Mango Street is a coming of age book about a Chicana named Esperanza who grows up in a poor family. One of the problems she faces in the book is getting raped. The house is a symbol because it reflects on the social class her family is in.

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    The House on Mango Street is a coming of age book about a Chicana named Esperanza who grows up in a poor family. One of the problems she faces in the book is getting raped. The house is a symbol because it reflects on the social class her family is in.

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    NicoleHernandez

    JulioAlicea
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    March18,2016

    TheHouseonMangoStreet
    TheHouseonMangoStreetbySandraCisnerosisacomingofagebookaboutaChicana
    namedEsperanzawhogrowsupinapoorfamily.Shemovesfromhousetohousebutherfamily
    finallybuysahouseoftheirown.Whensheseesthehouseforthefirsttimeitlooksnothinglike
    sheexpected.Thehousewaslocatedinapoorneighborhood,andwasquitesmall.Esperanza
    wasashamedofherfamilyspoverty.Andfacesmanyproblemsinthebook.
    Esperanzaisthemaincharacterinthebook.ShesaMexicanAmerican,andshesthe
    oldestinherfamily.Shedoesnthaveanyfriends,andisverylonely.Shesashamedofher
    familyspoverty.Andjustwantstofitinwithotherpeople.Oneoftheproblemsshefacesinthe
    bookisgettingraped.Shesthetypeofcharacterthatchangesthroughoutthebook.Inever
    expectedthattohappenanditsurprisedme.Ithinkshesabelievablecharacterbecausethereare
    peopleintheworldwhohavesimilarproblems.
    TheHouseonMangoStreetisasymbolofthebook.It'sasymbolbecauseitreflectson
    thesocialclassherfamilyisin.Itreflectsonwhyshesembarrassedofherfamilyspoverty.
    Becausetreatherpoorly.Shewantedabetterhousethatwouldntbecrowdedwithsomany
    peoplelivingthere.Iwouldrecommendthisbooktoanyonewholikesreadingcomingofage
    books.

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