The House On Mango Street is a book full of stories told by Esperanza Cordero who dreams with the house she will someday have, but not on Mango Street. While Esperanza is going through her childhood she is very sure what is her heritage, and therefore in part what is she.
             There is not a simple theme in the book since Esperanza is growing up during the story the books has different themes. Themes in this book include hope, acceptance, sexist, friendship, and confusion. The theme of hope is made thanks to her desire for a better house, and although this could be confused as the main theme it is not quite the main even when sometimes that feeling of hope influences her actions. The theme of acceptance is about being accepted for others. When Esperanza becomes ¡°best friends¡± with Lucy and Rachel she feels like if one of her dreams had finally come true. In that moment for Esperanza it seems like if everything is right in her little world, even when that cost her five dollars. The theme sexist is also prevalent in the way in which women are treated in her neighborhood. They are often not allowed to go if it is not in the direction of their fathers and husbands, and also they have to do the housework. For the context on the book this represent according to her heritage the ¡°Machismo¡± (a patriarchal way of live). The friendship is a theme in which the readers could see clear examples of it. When she interacts with Rachel, Lucy, and Sally are perfect examples of the friendship theme. By the fact of her age and that she is growing up during the story the confusion is inevitable, because she is stuck between childhood and adulthood. This kind of stuck is like if a teenager look at his reflection in the water and question himself about if that deformed image in the water is the image of him. The way in which the story is written makes kind of confusion for the reader, because the reader
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