Research Paper On The House On Mango Street

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Marsha Blackburn once said, The American Dream is independence and being able to create that dream for yourself. This quote shows the belief that anyone can become successful with just hard work. However, the novel The House on Mango Street challenges this belief by showing how first generation immigrants face many challenges despite the hard work. The book House on Mango Street, written by Sandra Cisneros, is about a first generation Mexican-American girl named Esperanza growing up in the poorer part of Chicago. This book is written from her perspective where she talks about the challenges her family and other people in the book face as they try to achieve the American Dream. The House on Mango Street supports the idea that Latino’s like Esparanza’s family face the most obstacles when reaching the American Dream …show more content…

This makes it difficult for Alicia to reach the American Dream because as a girl she faces if she doesn't study for university she will have to spend the rest of her life working a low income job. This is important because she doesn’t have a chance to do something that she wants with the support of her family because Alicia’s dad is against her getting an education. This can affect her chances of achieving the American Dream because for generations women are seen as housewives and for Alicia to change that path will be difficult because she will be the first in her family to break the “stereotype”. This can be connected to a video about Ruth Bader Gindsburg about how she was determined to break the gender roles in the Supreme Court. It talks about how only 43% of women participated in the workforce and if they did work they made less than men. This can connect to Alica because women like her also face the barriers of gender

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