The House on Mango Street - Fantasy vs. Reality :: House Mango Street

The House on Mango Street - Fantasy vs. macrocosm         Sometime in our lives, we relieve oneself wished for things we dont have.  Nomatter how hard we wished on the star or a taildle, our wishes never seemed to beanswered.  We have on the whole felt that bitter disappointment on Christmas morning whenwe fin completelyy established that we were never going to be able to have what we want.This is the same deal feelings that the characters in Cisneros The House onMango Street.  Unlike us, the disappointment for these characters passthroughout their childhood.  Esperanza, Rachel, Nenny, fling, and Lucy be amongthe kids growing up on Mango Street.  They all long for comradeship, approve, and abetter life, just now all these kids face are the harsh reality of the real world.In the society that Esperanza and her friends live in, love takes a back seatwhen it comes to relationships.         So meday, I will have a best friend all my own. One I can discriminate mysecrets to.  One who will understand my jokes without my having to explainthem.  These are the longing terminology of Esperanza.  While growing up on MangoStreet, Esperanza finds herself in a community that she feels she doesnt belongto.  With all her heart, she longs for a true friend that she can tell herdreams to and will understand her for it.  These wishes seem easy enough togrant, but Esperanza soon finds out that there is more to intimacy.  If yougive me five dollars, I will be your friend forever.  Esperanza discovers thatshe can not have anything for nothing.  Rachel and Lucy reliable enough become herfriends, but only after she helped them pay for the bike.  Esperanza never doestruly find a real friend who shares the same destruction as she does because all thefriends she has have more problems than her.  For instance, Sally was a friendfor whom Esperanza care d for.   When Esperanza was raped, Sally was not there tohelp her and when Esperanza tried to prevent Sally from making a mistake, Sallytold her to leave.  All Esperanza wanted was a friendship that would help herescape her life, but all she ended up with were friendships that reminded her ofher upturned dreams because in her society nothing was given for free and thepeople she was associated with didnt have the same goals as she did.         Another one of those broken dreams was the concept of love.  Esperanzawas not the only one who longed for a mans endless love.