There are a couple of similarities between the two stories, The House on Mango Street and Two or Three Things I Know For Sure, but there are differences also. Sandra Cigneros story takes place in an urban environment and a Spanish family and values, while Dorothy Allison’s story is what I believe is a country setting and has a white family and values. In both stories Esperanza from Mango street and Dorothy from Two or Three Things I Know For Sure are both from the working class and also both discuss their childhood. Both set on their dreams and goals of a better life. Esperanza wanting one day to own a house that she can call her own and have her parents proud of her, Dorothy wanting to go places she never seen or even heard of and do the thing that the people she knew hadn’t even dreamed of.
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I agree 100 percent with you. that these two are very similar but also very different and they are both good in their own ways.