Symbolism In The House On Mango Street

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In the book, “House on Mango Street,” there's a girl named Esperanza. She lives on Mango street. Mango street isn't one of the nicest or safest streets around. On this street, some women are trapped inside and can't come out. It's not their choice not to come out, it's the men's call. Some of these women can look out the window. Others don't have the privilege to even look out the window. They just have to sit inside all day without going or seeing the outdoors. There are many symbols in this story. I said symbols because there are things in this book that they say but they mean it in a different way than what they say. Some examples of symbols in this book are windows, trees, and shoes. The windows are used by saying that some of the women

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