Early in the book, The House on Mango Street, Cisneros wrote a perfect, true line: "The boys and the girls live in separate worlds." (8) When Cisneros creates Esperanza, a Hispanic teenager as the main character, she makes it difficult for males of other cultures to relate to the characters' experiences. Cisneros should have been more conscious about that fact. Granted, if Cisneros would have created a different character or as if a male character, the book may not been as interesting as it is now. However, Cisneros forgot that men's and women's childhood experiences are very different.
             Overall, women think in a different manner compared to men. Cisneros writes a chapter about how Esperanza and friends play "dress up" with some shoes they received. They walk around the neighborhood and show off as if they are actually dressed in beautiful clothes. As a male, I did not experience things such as "dress up," which makes this chapter nearly irrelevant to me. The first time I read this chapter I thought the girls really did receive new shoes and really were walking about showing off their gorgeous outfits. I re-read the chapter four times until I fully understood what the girls were doing.
             Although not all of her chapters are beyond men's understanding, Cisneros's style makes the book not quite as interesting or captivating to males. In the chapter "Sire," Esperanza explains her feelings for a boy whom she calls "Sire." She explains the jealousy she feels about his relationships with other girls in a way that only other women can understand. "Sire. How did you hold her? Was it? Like this? And when you kissed her? Like this?" (73) In the same chapter, Esperanza talks about how Sire scares her. "I walked past. I knew he was looking. I had to prove to me I wasn't scared of nobody's eyes, not even his.&q
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