Tension In 'House On Mango Street'

The tension in “House on Mango Street” is gender which is in correlation with culture. In the book men seem to have more freedom than women. The men are also dominant over women and that is why there is a sense of oppression towards women. Great grandmother is an example of that where she was forced into marriage and her freedom was taken away from and now she sees her life pass by through the window. Throughout the book oppression drives the plot as Esperanza is trying to avoid it by being independent. As Esperaza grows up she gets exposed to the problems in Mango Street and eventually her goal is to get away. One can infer the difference genders have in the the line, “The boys and the girls live in separate worlds. The boys in their universe