The House On Mango Street

“But the house on Mango Street is not way they told it at all. It’s small and red with tight steps in front and windows so small you’d think they were holding their breath.” Pg 747

The narrator has always had very bad places to live with in very close quarters with many people. They have never had their own space and have always lived under someone else’s land and house. The narrators parents have dreams of their own house with a beautiful lawn and perfect everything. But this is never fallowed though and even though they get their own house it is not anywhere near what their visions are. This house is still crammed and its still falling apart. I like the way this house is described.

“For the time being, Mama says. Temporary, says Papa. But I know how those things go.” Pg 748

This quote is really sad because it shows that the narrator has had their hopes brought up and then crashed to the ground so many times that they don’t even think that what their parents say is true. The narrator has a poor living condition and keeps trying to convince them that it will get better but they really know that it wont.