She now knows that men are most likely going to abuse their wive and their kids and not care about what they think. Esperanza wants to leave Mango Street before she goes through the same thing that Minerva has to go through. Therefor, another person that had a huge impact on Esperanza LEaving and being able to depend on her self was Minerva. There could have been hundreds of reasons why Esperanza left Mango Street; men abusing theit wives, getting married at a young age, and people treating you different because the kind of house you live in. There are tons of people that had helped Esperanza relize that she should leave Mango street. Esperanza had through a lot while she lived in Mango Street like getting raped, and doing stuff that she did not want to fo because of Sally. Esperanza learned to to depend on herself from Sally and Minerva, because they taught her that most men are abusive towards women and don't care about you, and that Esperanza deserves better then what happens to most