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"But next year Louie's parents are going to send her back to her mother with a letter saying she's too much trouble, and that is too bad because I like Marin" (Esperanza, p. 27).

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Whether we were to tell that Marin didn't have an identity in the extract, the responsibles of its abstraction would be Louie's parents, as they wanted to get rid of her and take her even farther away from his boyfriend when sending her with her mother due to her ticklish conduct.

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As a brief conclusion, we can highlight that men were considered people with power and authority, thus causing them to take advantage of this and want to minorize and denigrate women. Nowadays, this is present in sexism, which is a terrible thing that many feminist organizations and associations fight against. This is not only their duty, it is the duty of each person to fight for the rights of women and it is something that everyone must be aware of.

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However, later on, the man is attributed the characteristics of disrespectful and insolent, due to the vulgar comments he makes about Marín's appearance, thus demonstrating how unpleasant and rude some of them are. "I am in love with those two green apples you call eyes, give them to me "

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From our point of view, the men at the beginning of this chapter are classified as people who will support you and fill you with comforts the richer they are, as we can see when Marín says "meet someone in the subway who might marry you and take you to love in a big house far away "

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Marin is the first older female that Esperanza looks up to (other than her mother). Unfortunately most of the women in the neighborhood offer Esperanza examples of what she doesn’t want to become, as Esperanza already knows that Marin’s dream of being saved by an American man will never come true. Her shared wisdom and superstitions become a part of Esperanza growing up, though.

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"Marin says is for the boys to see us and for us to see them" (Esperanza, p. 27)

Expressing in this quote how boys and girls may act between them...

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Marin tries to find romance and escape in the idea of a rich Chicago man. In this way she is trying to “fly away” like most everyone else on Mango Street, but Esperanza already knows that she will fail and be sent back to Puerto Rico.

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We can say that Marin did have her own identity since  her way of dressing and her way of started at others (like Esperanza).

This based on the fact that she tries to show off her more "rebellious" side towards others, but expressing from the depths of her heart her feelings and advice towards people who like her and are close to her.

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Esperanza likes Marin, who has lots of useful knowledge, like how girls get pregnant, how to remove facial hair, and superstitions about fingernails and boys. Marin spends all day babysitting Louie’s little sisters, and she is only allowed to go outside at night, and then only on the front porch. Every night Marin smokes a cigarette and dances to the radio, waiting for boys to notice her. Boys try to pick her up, but Marin never acts afraid of them, which seems brave to Esperanza

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Marin (Louie’s cousin) has a boyfriend back in Puerto Rico whom she secretly wants to marry when she returns. At the same time Marin also wants to stay in Chicago and get a “real job,” and meet a rich man on the subway who will take her away to a big house. Esperanza knows she is going to be sent back to Puerto Rico, though, because Louie’s parents say she is too much trouble.

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If not, why not and who seems to be "taking it away" from them?

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If not, why not and who seems to be "taking it away" from them?

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How are the men portrayed in this story?

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How are the men portrayed in this story?

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Do the women in this story seem to have an identity? If so, what is it?

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Do the women in this story seem to have an identity? If so, what is it?