The House On Mango Street Chapter 6 Analysis

In chapter six Esperanza gets to her new home. She isn’t very happy with the living conditions. I can’t imagine living in some place that was like a stable. Then when Esperanza is told that she would be responsible for sweeping and taking care of the babies I remembered that when she said that she could work earlier that everyone laughed. This is probably not going to go well. She had never taken care of anyone or anything before. She didn’t know how to wash clothes or to change diapers or how to sweep. She was too proud to admit that she didn’t know how to sweep so she just acted like she knew what she was doing. She was determined but she created a big mess in front of a large group of women and Marta. This part reminded me of the movie The Princess Protection Program. In this story a girl who was a princess is put into a “normal” life where she is expected to work and go to school. In both stories the girls start without knowing how to take care of themselves and are humiliated in front of a large group because of their lack of knowledge. In the Princess Protection Program the girl learns to take care of herself and ends up helping others. I hope that things work out the same for Esperanza.
In some ways she really is like Cinderella because she had been wealthy until her father died and now she was a servant. It makes sense that she didn’t know how to sweep. I think most people can relate to feeling embarrassed by not knowing something. I was happy when Miguel teaches her how to sweep. I makes me think that they are going to end up together in the end. When Miguel was not able to get a job because he was Mexican it made me feel angry. It is hard to read stories about prejudice. Even though there are laws against prejudice, I think that it maybe that this is not very different then it is