The vignette that stuck out the most to me was Elenita, Cards, Palm, Water in House on Mango Street. It stood out to me because of what we learned about Esperanza. While this chapter mainly introduces and sets up the new character of Elenita, I think that we gain a lot of insight into Esperanza’s character, her motivations, and what pushes her. She lives with her large family, as she has to because she is a young girl at this point. And while her family is something that is obviously very important to her, we also see her wanting distance. And we see Elenita trying to provide an immediate and less expensive solution for Esperanza, in finding her own home within herself. I think that this chapter is a good look into the formative years of Esperanza’s life. In the previous chapter, when her grandfather died, Esperanza was forced to mature fast and take over her father’s part in the leadership role. While she is mature enough for that Esperanza is having a harder time being able to understand her emotions enough to create a space within her own heart, like Elenita is trying to advise her to, where she can go to just be her..
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