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Identity plays a huge role throughout 'The House On Mango Street.' Identity is the fact of being who or what a person or thing is. In the novel, we can see Esperanza grow and experience new things that make her who she is. The novel begins with her at a very young age. It takes us through the journey of her growing into the person she is. Identity is portrayed through this because as she grows, her identity grows and develops with her. 

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Identity plays a huge role throughout 'The House On Mango Street.' Identity is the fact of being who or what a person or thing is. In the novel, we can see Esperanza grow and experience new things that make her who she is. The novel begins with her at a very young age. It takes us through the journey of her growing into the person she is. Identity is portrayed through this because as she grows, her identity grows and develops with her. 

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"I would like to baptize myself under a new name, a name more like the real me, the one nobody sees." (Cisneros 11)

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"I would like to baptize myself under a new name, a name more like the real me, the one nobody sees." (Cisneros 11)

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This quote is important because it shows that Esperanza does not like her name, which is a core part of her identity.

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"My name...  is like the number nine." (Cisneros 10)

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"My name...  is like the number nine." (Cisneros 10)

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She is using a simile to show how her name is like the number nine, perpetually waiting and waiting, and hoping to become something better.

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In this vignette Esperanza met two new friends named Lucy and Rachel, when they asked her what her name was she wished her name was something like Cassandra or Alexis or Maritza. She thought that they would laugh when she told them her name but they didn't. This relates to identity because your name has a big part of your identity, and it's like a first impression.

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"Until then, I am a red balloon, a balloon tied to an anchor." (Cisneros 9) 

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"Until then, I am a red balloon, a balloon tied to an anchor." (Cisneros 9) 

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This literary element is a metaphor.  We can see that Esperanza is feeling very tied down and stuck. She is struggling to find herself.  This metaphor helps represent these feelings.

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"You live there? The way she said it made it feel like nothing. There. I live there."(Cisneros 5)

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"You live there? The way she said it made it feel like nothing. There. I live there."(Cisneros 5)

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This quote shows Esperanza being shamed about where she lives, because now she considered as living "there."

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I can really relate to Esperanza in the identity aspect of things. Growing up, it was very hard for me to find myself. I always tried to do things I thought that I was interested in and never really liked them. For example, I played many sports growing up but never stuck with them. I always thought I new who I was all the time, but then realized I really did not. At the end of the novel we can see that Esperanza has found herself. Although I am still growing, it is easier for me now to keep finding myself and continue to grow in that way. 

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I can really relate to Esperanza in the identity aspect of things. Growing up, it was very hard for me to find myself. I always tried to do things I thought that I was interested in and never really liked them. For example, I played many sports growing up but never stuck with them. I always thought I new who I was all the time, but then realized I really did not. At the end of the novel we can see that Esperanza has found herself. Although I am still growing, it is easier for me now to keep finding myself and continue to grow in that way. 

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I have a hard time relating this theme to myself. I have always had trouble with expressing and understanding emotion. I have also always had trouble understanding my own identity This theme is important to me, because of that. This novel, has made me think more about my own identity more than I ever have. 

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I have a hard time relating this theme to myself. I have always had trouble with expressing and understanding emotion. I have also always had trouble understanding my own identity This theme is important to me, because of that. This novel, has made me think more about my own identity more than I ever have. 

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Cisneros, Sandra. “The House on Mango Street - The Story.” YouTube, YouTube, 1 Apr. 2009, www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Pyf89VsNmg&ab_channel=knopfgroup.

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"I would like to baptize myself under a new name, a name more like the real me, the one nobody sees." (Cisneros 11) 

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"I would like to baptize myself under a new name, a name more like the real me, the one nobody sees." (Cisneros 11) 

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The author is using diction in this sentence. The word 'baptize' is used very powerfully to express how badly she wants a new name.

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In this vignette, Esperanza expresses how she inherited her name from her grandmother. She portrays her grandma as being a wild woman. She then talks about how her grandma was forced into marriage and was not the same afterwards. For this reason, Esperanza wants to change her name because her grandma portrayed it as sadness. She does not want to be like her grandmother. Esperanza thinks a new name would make that not happen. This relates to identity because a name is a big part of who someone is. If Esperanza is not comfortable with her own name, it can be said she is really not comfortable with herself.

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"Until then, I am a red balloon, a balloon tied to an anchor." (Cisneros 9)

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"Until then, I am a red balloon, a balloon tied to an anchor." (Cisneros 9)

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This quote gives a huge meaning of how Esperanza is feeling about her identity. Until she can find herself and find her own freedoms, she feels as if she is tied down and cannot soar through the sky like a balloon would.

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"I wish my name was Cassandra, or Alexis, or Maritza-anything besides Esperanza. But when I tell them my name they dont laugh." (Cisneros 15) 

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"I wish my name was Cassandra, or Alexis, or Maritza-anything besides Esperanza. But when I tell them my name they dont laugh." (Cisneros 15) 

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Your name is definetly part with your identity because it's who you are. And in this vignette Esperanza mentions how she wished her name was anything besides Esperanza, which leads us to think that she is very insecure about her name. She also mentioned how the two girls didn't laugh, this is probably what caused Esperanza to hate her name so much. People in the past have probably laughed at her name or maybe pronounced it wrong which probably made her feel embaressed.

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"And me, my hair is lazy. It never obeys barrettes or bands."(6)

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"And me, my hair is lazy. It never obeys barrettes or bands."(6)

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She uses personification to relate how, like her hair, she doesn't like to listen to authority (the barrettes and bands).

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"In English my name means hope. In Spanish my name means too many letters. It means sadness, it means waiting."(Cisneros 10)

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"In English my name means hope. In Spanish my name means too many letters. It means sadness, it means waiting."(Cisneros 10)

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The literary element here is diction. the author uses the word sadness to show how much they dislike their name.

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"Everybody laughing except me, because I'm wearing the new dress, pink and white with stripes... My feet scuffed and round, and the heels all crooked that look dumb with this dress, so I just sit." (Cisneros 47)

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"Everybody laughing except me, because I'm wearing the new dress, pink and white with stripes... My feet scuffed and round, and the heels all crooked that look dumb with this dress, so I just sit." (Cisneros 47)

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Cisneros uses juxtaposition to show how embarrassed Esperanza is by how she looks.

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In this vignette, Esperanza shows how, as she ages, she becomes more and more self conscious of how others see her. To her, the way people see her is a major part of her identity. This is seen in how anxious she is at the thought that her shoes don't match with the rest of her outfit, and how it ruins her experience for the majority of that night. It is also seen how she notices her cousin, who she says is now a man, couldn't take his eyes off her as she danced.

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In general, the idea of an identity has always eluded me. I don't think I'm very much like anyone else, and so I've always found it hard to relate myself towards an idea or group. I can understand Esperanza's desire to fit in and how she tries to make her identity fit around all those around her and her ideals and dreams.

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In general, the idea of an identity has always eluded me. I don't think I'm very much like anyone else, and so I've always found it hard to relate myself towards an idea or group. I can understand Esperanza's desire to fit in and how she tries to make her identity fit around all those around her and her ideals and dreams.

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King, Rosie. “How Autism Freed Me to Be Myself.” TED, TED Conferences, LLC, 2014, www.ted.com/talks/rosie_king_how_autism_freed_me_to_be_myself.

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Rosie King: How autism freed me to be myself

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"People are so afraid of variety that they try to fit everything into a tiny little box with a specific label," says 16-year-old Rosie King, who is bold, brash and autistic. She wants to know: Why is everyone so worried about being normal?

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I can somewhat relate to how Esperanza does not like her name. When I was in elementary school and middle school everytime there would be a susbitute or anyone who read my name, they would always pronouce it wrong and I would have to correct them. Once I got into high school I didn't really care anymore.

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I can somewhat relate to how Esperanza does not like her name. When I was in elementary school and middle school everytime there would be a susbitute or anyone who read my name, they would always pronouce it wrong and I would have to correct them. Once I got into high school I didn't really care anymore.