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Cisneros uses imagery,sentence length, and character's dialogue to reveal that trying to fit in is not always a good thing.

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“In the canteen, which was nothing special, lots of boys and girls watched while I cried and ate my sandwich, the bread already greasy and the rice cold.”

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Esperanza is speaking

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Esperanza wants to fit in with the special kids who get to stay at the school and eat at the canteen. When she has accomplished what she wanted, she was unsatisfied and she ended up having a worse experience.

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This is significant because Esperanza just wanted to fit in. Esperanza was trying to be someone that she is not because she only wants to eat from the canteen because all the other “special” kids are eating from one. Once she was at the canteen eating lunch, she couldn’t understand what was so special about it. Esperanza was trying to get rid of her otherness by eating with the special kids even though she had a horrible time eating at the canteen.

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Cisneros used imagery to help paint a picture in your mind and make the readers feel what the author intended them to feel. Cisneros also used dialogue to create a scene and develop the characters in the readers minds. Lastly, Cisneros use lengthy sentences with commas to make the sentence read slower and have a specific center where the narrator is writing the vignette around.

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This quote connects to the idea of being the other. Esperanza wants to fit it with all of the other kids and eat at the canteen, instead of going back to her house. The quote also connects to the other vignettes by establishing a disappointed feeling. Esperanza was disappointed with the canteen and she was only allowed to eat there for that one day. This relates to her feeling about the house on mango street, her name, and not having a best friend.