The House on Mango Street

Sandra Cisneros

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1. In English my name means hope. In Spanish it means too many letters. It means sadness, it means waiting.


2. Until then I am a red balloon, a balloon tied to an anchor.


3. She looked out the window her whole life, the way so many women sit their sadness on an elbow. I wonder if she made the best with what she got or was she sorry because she couldn’t be all the things she wanted to be. Esperanza. I have inherited her name, but I don’t want to inherit her place by the window.


4. Sally, you lied, you lied. He wouldn’t let me go. He said I love you, I love you, Spanish girl.


5. No, this isn’t my house I say and shake my head as if shaking could undo the year I’ve lived here. I don’t belong. I don’t ever want to come from here.


There is a mistake

by laughoutloud00, August 20, 2012

Esperanza's name means hope in ENGLISH, not Spanish

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