Meanwhile, she takes to poetry to find expression of her feelings and starts explaining the nature of her family members especially Nenny, her younger sister, who imitates her and her neighboring friends with whom she plays such as Lucy and Rachel. Her dream is about a wooden, white, and big house with a good yard and trees, while this one is suffocating for her. Esperanza, therefore, does not express her penchant for this house. At school, she was made fun of because of her poverty and frustrated because people couldn’t pronounce her name properly.ĭespite being a good house, this house has not been better than the previous ones. According to her parents, it is just a primary abode for them. The house in this street is the last one on the list of the rented houses though it is not yet as the promised one as they used to think. The reason is that they have been living from one apartment to another apartment as they did not have their own home. The girl gives a full account of her how they used to live before moving into this house. She states that she has been living with her three brothers and sisters, and parents where she experiences a sense of inferiority on account of their shabby apartment.

Living in the poor neighborhood in the apartment has had adverse impacts on her young mind. It’s a coming-of-age novel including Esperanza’s zeal to leave the neighborhood and lead a better life. The story of the novel comprises a year in the life of a young girl named Esperanza Cordero who belongs to the Chicana community.

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