cisnero's view on sexism in mango street

The author of house on Mango Street clearly has some sexism topics in the book. the author seems to believe that girls are treated more harshly than men. The girls in her book suffer from being confined to stereotypes, men, and their homes. This is a sign that she believes that they suffer from sexism and confinement. The way this book is written sexism is a main conflict as many of the women face it and have to endure it. Sadly the world is not the kindest to people who go against the standards in their environment. In the reading “sally” it is a about a girl who’s father believes she is too attractive and confines “her father says to be this beautiful is trouble,” pg 81. In opposition we could infer that if he had a son, most fathers allow their boys to be more creative. But sally had a strict father who also hit her. Soon her father starts to beat her as if he forgot that she is a girl and his daughter as well. This is sad for sally because most girls who are raised with a father in a bad community look up to them but this little girl fears him.

Also in this book I happen to notice that there really aren’t many happy women. They all have too many kids, are beaten, or aren’t too educated. “Next week she comes over black and blue and she ask what can I do” (pg85 Minerva who writes poems). This quote is about a woman beaten by her no good husband. in the book Esparanza fears and doesn’t was the life in bondage that other women around mango street have. Therefore she starts to dream of being the woman who runs her own life. Even after that her mom advises her to work hard and be someone. I think these are all signs of the author hinting at how one of the morals in this story is to not get caught up in the present of boy girl expectations, but go your own way.