The House On Mango Street Short Story

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“...what woman would not want to be a governor's wife?” Inquired Tio Luis.
“Yes!” Mama exclaimed. “This proposal would bring fame and power to the Ortega family.”
“Of course; to give Esperanza the best education possible; it would be best to send her away to a private school. Preferably a religious one.”
“Like the convent I teach at!” Interjected Abuelita.
This is how Esperanza came to be wearing a starched, rough outfit walking through the halls of The Lady of Our Sorrows School and Chapel. The day had started out badly anyway. Thin oatmeal for breakfast after trying to sleep on a hard, musty bed in a dormitory bedroom with seventeen other girls. Before that she rode economy class, ECONOMY CLASS, on a large jarring bus between two crying

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