In The House on Mango Street, the concept of a “real house” has a deeper meaning than simply the text itself. The family fluctuated between apartments and each apartment seemed to not suit the family. The narrator explains the conditions of the previous places his family had lived in, and it seems that getting a “real house” would mean finally moving up in life and living comfortably. When a nun asked the narrator which house he lived in, the response wasn’t too pleasing, “You live there?”. This made the narrator want a real house. A house that they could be proud of, a house that was “like the houses on T.V.”. The idea of a “real house” represented much more than just a place they lived in. It represented a dream, a social status, a better life, and a house that could be completely their own.
-Carlos Lema
I agree with your comment, it seems that her “dream house” would be something she would be proud to present to herself so not to be judged by others.
I agree with both of you guys… they want a real house to repect all the point you guys have said but also to represent the aerica house; the white house is kind off their dream house
Yes she wants to be in a house that she doesn’t have to be ashamed of, where she can live comfortably and proud.
I agree with you due to the fact that Cisneros describe a type of mansion house. Sandra is not comfortable with any small house, but she wants to have a big mansion house, like she describes a “real house”.