In this novel, Cisnero shows that Esperanza begins to become more and more aware and interested in the condition of being a woman, which is womanhood. In the vignette, “Hips” Esperanza, Rachel, Lucy, and Nenny are jumping rope and discussing about the development of a woman's hips and what they are used for. In the vignette, Esperanza says, “... I continue because it's obvious I'm the only one who can speak with any authority; I have science on my side. The bones just one day open. Just like that. One day you might decide to have kids, and then where are you …show more content…
This mature way of thinking is fully established in the vignette, "The Three Sisters" when one of the sisters says, “When you leave you must remember to come back for the others (Cisnero, 84).” What this quote means is that once Esperanza leaves the house on Mango Street she must come back to it to help others like her succeed in escaping. This reveals that by the end of the book Esperanza realizes that her dreams has to go beyond her own self- interests. The way Esperanza is thinking now shows lots of adult quilates which means that she is