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

The House on mango tree Street - imagine vs. Reality         Sometime in our functions, we nonplus wished for things we dont commence.  Nomatter how toilsome we wished on the star or a beddle, our wishes never seemed to beanswered.  We cede all felt that bitter confusion on Christmas morning whenwe finally realized that we were never going to be able to have what we want.This is the resembling exact feelings that the characters in Cisneros The House onMango Street.  Unlike us, the disappointment for these characters lastthroughout their childhood.  Esperanza, Rachel, Nenny, Sally, and Lucy are amongthe kids growing up on Mango Street.  They all long for accompliceship, love, and abetter life, but all these kids impudence 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.         Someday, I w ill have a best friend all my own. One I can tell mysecrets to.  One who will understand my jokes without my having to explainthem.  These are the passion words 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 friendship.  If yougive me quintuple dollars, I will be your friend forever.  Esperanza discovers thatshe can not have anything for nothing.  Rachel and Lucy sure enough become herfriends, but only after she helped them contribute for the bike.  Esperanza never doestruly find a real friend who shares the equivalent goal as she does because all thefriends she has have more problems than her.  For instance, Sally was a friendfor whom Esperanza cared for. &nbs p When Esperanza was raped, Sally was not there tohelp her and when Esperanza tried to interrupt 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 broken dreams because in her society nothing was given for free and the community she was associated with didnt have the same goals as she did.         Another one of those broken dreams was the design of love.  Esperanzawas not the only one who longed for a mans endless love.