The main character, Esperanza comes from a lower-class Hispanic family. She is bothered by what people say to her because of her family’s socioeconomic status, “I knew then I had to have a house. A real house. One I could point to. But this isn’t it. The house on Mango Street isn’t it, states Esperanza. She feels she is better off living somewhere else, “I remember the most is Mango Street, sad red house, the house I belong but do not belong to” says Esperanza. She wants to leave Mango Street and start a new life  “She does not hold me with both arms. She sets me free”, states Esperanza. Lastly, to find a house where she can live with her family and feels like a house, “Our house would be white with trees around it, a great big yard and grass growing without a fence”, says Esperanza.
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Sounds like the typical American dream, but why the red house bothered her growing up confuses me, if anything it is different and separates her from the normative.
I get the feeling that Esperanza doesn’t fully appreciate things. She’s always wanted a home, now that shes obtained one, she’s acting snobbish. Surely if her parents had more economical status they would get a nicer house, but she would have to cope with this one instead of crying how crappy it is and similar to her apartment building.
I agree with this post, also like Josh said I think Esperanza doesn’t fully appreciate what she has. It’s true that her family doesn’t have the money to buy something better but it doesn’t mean you have to treat the house like garbage.
Esperanza wants to live a life that she knows she can’t live