Okay, maybe I was wrong.......

Mango isn't such a terrible book. I know that in my last blog I was ranting about it; that's because I wasn't that far into it. I still have simialr feeling though; there were parts where I just said "what the heck soes this have to do with ANYTHING!" But, I know the trick to actually enjoy the book! I know this sounds crazy, but read the back cover summary and keep that in mind as you read. You'll find that you will have a whole new outlook on this novel ( I know I did). I wouldn't say I loved it, but it moved me in a way I didn't think possible. When you read it and put yourself in Espernza shoes and feel for her..... that's when you start to enjoy the book, when you put it into perspective.
I overheard someone saying this about Mango, and I totally picked up on it while reading; the opression of women. All the women are indoors; you never read about any of them going outside to do anything. The husbands are very controlling too. They are the reasons they never go out . They almost control their every movements also. The women aren't any better though; most are very submissive adn pretedn they are happy with their sitaution, like Sally. Another thing I noticed was that all the women almost regret the sitaution they are in, or have wishful thinking. In once chapter, Esperanza's mother reminisces her school experiences and how she could have become anything. This shows that she regrets what she did and also to show Esperanza to go out and get what she wants; not to follow in her mother's footsteps. I'm going to make a small character connection; the two e's, Esperanza and Edna! The two are similar because they both do not want to conform to what society and life has in store for them, or what is expected of them. Esperanza knows this from the beginning instead of having an awakening, and thankfully she doesn't go and commit suicide.
I feel that the end of the book is the most powerful, at least for me; what did it was the part where Esperanza is at the wake and the "three sisters" talk to her; one of them tells her not to forget Mango and to come back. Later, Alicia tells her the same thing ( a little bit of Macbeth for you there?) I felt that this is true. Esperanza resents her situation and her life, constantly wanting more. But her previous situations and her life on Mango are apart of who she is; they have shaped her and changed her as an individual. WIth her strong personality, she will eventually leave Mango and everyone behind to do what she wants. Later however, she will coem back to her roots; I believe she will come back to change Mango Street, to make it better.
So, we have 1 book left!!!!! YAY!!!! And then we get to write essays!!!! YAY!!!!!!