Compares and Contrasts of Sally and Esperanza

There are many ways that you could compare and contrast the two characters Sally and Esperanza. First of all, I will talk about how both of these girls are always dreaming, either about something bigger for their lives, or just getting out. They are both big dreamers and have big imaginations. Along with the things in common there are also things that they don’t have in common and are very different in. For example, Esperanza is a very outgoing and rebellious child, even to her parents. Like in the vignette “Beautiful and Cruel,” it is talking about how Esperanza has “decided not to grow up tame like the others.” While Sally is outgoing at school, but once school is out it is a completely different story. Where Esperanza is always the same with her personality Sally changes, “You become a different Sally. You pull your skirt straight, you rub the blue paint off your eyelids. You don’t laugh Sally.” And these quotes are showing how Sally’s life at home is very different and she is afraid to express herself at home. These are a couple of the compares and contrasts between the two girls Sally and Esperanza from “The House on Mango Street.”

Hopes and Dreams

So this vignette “Alicia Who Sees Mice” illustrates the hopes and dreams of the little girl Alicia. Alicia’s mother passed away, and she has to do all of the chores, and has taken over her mother’s role. She dreams that her mother will return, and hopes that her life will get better and that she will get an education.

            Also in the vignette “Our Good Day” Esperanza meet to people, Lucy and Rachel. Both Lucy and Rachel hope that Esperanza with pay them so that they can get a bike. Esperanza dreams that she will make and have friends in this new community.

            Another example of hopes and dreams is in the vignette “Sire” where Esperanza gives examples off both. Esperanza hopes that she will one day have Sire as her boyfriend. Also she dreams on having a boy, any boy holding her and kissing her.

            Other than Esperanza, Alicia also has very big plans for her future, she is even studying on the side to do it. Alicia is inspiring Esperanza to work and keep going by doing it herself. Alicia has to do everything for herself and her family.  

Death difference in the two vignettes from the "House on Mango Street"

So listen here guys, there are many differences between the deaths in the two vignettes “Papa Who Wakes Up Tired in the Dark” and “There was and Old Woman She had So Many Kids She Didn’t Know What To Do.” During the second vignette Esperanza loses her grandfather, who lives in Mexico. This death doesn’t affect her as much as it affects her father.  In the first one, the death of Rosa Vargas’s husband is very tragic, and affects the family financially. Rosa has to care for a bunch of kids all by herself without the support of her husband. Along with that, and the grief with the loss of her husband, this death affects her more than the death affects Esperanza.

                Esperanza has grown in many ways through these vignettes. First of all, she has grown physically, as in the growth of her hips. And she has grown up both emotionally and mentally by the fact that she got a job and is taking on more responsibilities.