The vignette from ” A House on Mango Street” that resonated with me the strongest is “Hips”. In “Hips” Esperanza talks about her blossoming into a woman as she has developed hips. She talks to Rachel and Lucy about what to do with them. The idea of babies, boys, and cooking is mentioned as they jump rope. The jump rope to me represents the symbol of their girlhood but the development of hips means they must transition into a young woman. Esperanza, Lucy, and Rachel seem to have developed expect Nenny. Esperanza even describes her as such “She the color of naphtha laundry soap, she is like the little brown piece left at the end of the wash, the hard little bone, my sister.” The three girls were able to make up songs because they have already blossomed. From her naivety and obliviousness, Nenny is still a little girl. Nenny even says” not a girl, not a boy, just a little baby”. It’s hard to speak on something she has yet to experience herself. The themes in “Hips” are sexuality, womanhood, girlhood, innocence, and coming of age.
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