The vignette from The House on Mango Street that made the strongest impression on me is Sire. I think this vignette is about self-confidence, jealousy, and passion. I loved this vignette because I can relate to young Esperanza whos growing and starting to have love feelings, which is beautiful. The description reminds me of when I was younger. It started with her seeing Sire looking at her and the confidence that she had to look back! I wish I had this confidence as a young girl. Then we can see how jealous she is of his girlfriend, Lois, even though she didn’t say it explicitly. We can understand it by the way she’s scanning her, watching Sire and Lois together, and trying to compare them both (Esperanza and Lois) saying how Lois cannot tie her own shoes while she can. She fantasizes about a boy, not a specific one but she just feels as if she’s ready for something like this, to be an adult and not a child who “every evening talking to the trees”.
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Hi Tamar, I loved this vignette and how it really relates to a lot of us as young girls growing into our adulthood. So many women compare themselves to other women because of a man, which is sad but I guess it is natural to do when you like someone.