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Great-Grandmother Esperanza is confined to the house after marrying and loses her wild spirit.
Chapter 4Mama drops out of school because she is ashamed she doesn't have nice clothes like the other girls.
Chapter 36Mrs. Little Feet gives Esperanza, Lucy, and Rachel a bag of her old high heels.
Chapter 17Esperanza forgets to be ashamed of her babyish saddle shoes and dances at her cousin's baptism.
Chapter 19On her first day at her new job, an old Asian man kisses Esperanza on the lips.
Chapter 21Esperanza gets a tarot card reading from Elenita, who tells her to find home in her heart.
Chapter 24Esperanza meets three old women at the wake; they read her palm and tell her to make a wish.
Chapter 41| Chapter | Summary |
|---|---|
| Introduction: A House of My Own | The 2009 edition of The House on Mango Street, which is the 25th anniversary edition, includes an introduction from the ... Read More |
| Chapters 1–4 | Esperanza Cordero and her family recently moved to a house on Mango Street. Before that, the family of six—Mama, Papa,... Read More |
| Chapters 5–8 | One of Esperanza's new neighbors is Cathy, who says she is a distant relative of the queen of France and whose house i... Read More |
| Chapters 9–12 | Meme Ortiz's family moves into Cathy's old house. There's a huge tree in the backyard "with fat arms and mighty famili... Read More |
| Chapters 13–16 | Rosa Vargas is a single mom with a lot of poorly behaved children. The kids are always getting into dangerous situatio... Read More |
| Chapters 17–20 | A woman with small feet gives Esperanza, Lucy, and Rachel a bag containing three pairs of her old high heels. One pair... Read More |
| Chapters 21–24 | Esperanza's Aunt Lala works at Peter Pan Photo Finishers. She gets Esperanza a job there matching film negatives to th... Read More |
| Chapters 25–28 | Marin went to a dance and met a boy named Geraldo. She doesn't know his last name, but the police want to interview he... Read More |
| Chapters 29–32 | Esperanza feels a kinship between herself and the four trees the city planted in front of her house. "They are the onl... Read More |
| Chapters 33–36 | Minerva is just a few years older than Esperanza, but she is already married with two kids. Her husband keeps leaving ... Read More |
| Chapters 37–40 | Sally's father abuses her. She assures Esperanza he "never hits [her] hard"—he's just afraid she's going to turn out l... Read More |
| Chapters 41–44 | Lucy and Rachel's baby sister dies. Esperanza goes to the wake, where she meets three old women—sisters—who "smelled l... Read More |
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