Sally In The House On Mango Street

In the story the house on mango street there are both young girls, Sally and Esperanza. Both girls desire adventure, love, and beauty. However, Sally is more outgoing and confident than Esperanza. She has confidence that she is beautiful. She play the role of a strong female that never get hurt by any boys. Esperanza admires and looks up to Sally. Esperanza does not want to be a "weak woman" and she sees Sally as her role model. Their home lives contrast also Ironically. Sally is physically abused by her father each time he catches her with a boy. On the other side Esperanza and her family communicates well. Sally sees her self as a women and not the type of women a person that isn't confident of herself and that's what Esperanza likes.

Throughout the story, both of the characters do the opposite thing of what is expected from them in the search of freedom and their personal achievement. In the story it states "The Judge's Wife is not as black and white as it may seem." Even though Nicolas Vidal and Casilda are different in other ways but they are searching for the same thing. Nicolas had wished to free himself from the prophesy given to him at birth. In the story it also states" Nicolas Vidal had always known a woman would cost him his life."

Which means that who ever is the reason of Nicolas death will be caused by a women. Throughout the story it states,"Knowing his fate so well, he was cautious about women, and throughout his life he fled from any sentimental attachments, hardening his heart to love and limiting himself to hasty encounters aimed at outwitting loneliness." He had spent his life avoiding love from all women.

At the beginning of the story we Casilda is going to marry Judge Hidalgo while Nicolas is watching. The narrator also told us that the Judge is way older than Casilda and that shows the reader that she isn't happy about the marriage. Finally judge Hidalgo believes that he has found a way to trap Nicolas Vidal and bring his reign to an end.