House on Mango Street
The House on Mango Street / Breaking Through
These two novels are very similar in the fact that they both have a young child as their protagonist who is suffering from poverty. They would talk about how they would like to get out of the situation they are in and make something better for themselves. Also both novels have a Hope theme in their story. Panchito and Esperanza both are from a poor family and have to work more for the things they need. Panchito more than Esperanzas family but never the less they both suffer. In both stories the protagonists both want to make something better of themselves and for themselves. They want to escape poverty and have things they did not have as they were younger. They both wish to live a different life style. Both novels talk about Hope and how at the end of the tunnel there is reason and hope for reaching their goals. Both The House on Mango Street and Breaking Through are similar in the fact that they each have a character suffering from poverty. In the House on Mango Street, Esperanza hates her life, and is ashamed of being poor. She is not happy with anything and you can say she is ungrateful because she does have a home and is able to go to school, yet this is not enough for her. In Esperanza’s neighborhood there are only a few possible ways Esperanza will end up, if she does not pursue a better life. She lives in a poor neighborhood and in one that not many women make something of themselves. In Breaking Through, Panchito suffers from poverty since he was very young and he is one of seven kids in his family. Panchito and his family suffer a lot and have to work every day so hard in order to be able to have little to eat at the end of the day. Panchito’s family does not have a lot of money, and a lot of advantages many other families do. He has to grow up fast and he is determined to not let his economic status determine his future. In The House on Mango Street, Esperanza talks poorly about the new house they moved
These two novels are very similar in the fact that they both have a young child as their protagonist who is suffering from poverty. They would talk about how they would like to get out of the situation they are in and make something better for themselves. Also both novels have a Hope theme in their story. Panchito and Esperanza both are from a poor family and have to work more for the things they need. Panchito more than Esperanzas family but never the less they both suffer. In both stories the protagonists both want to make something better of themselves and for themselves. They want to escape poverty and have things they did not have as they were younger. They both wish to live a different life style. Both novels talk about Hope and how at the end of the tunnel there is reason and hope for reaching their goals. Both The House on Mango Street and Breaking Through are similar in the fact that they each have a character suffering from poverty. In the House on Mango Street, Esperanza hates her life, and is ashamed of being poor. She is not happy with anything and you can say she is ungrateful because she does have a home and is able to go to school, yet this is not enough for her. In Esperanza’s neighborhood there are only a few possible ways Esperanza will end up, if she does not pursue a better life. She lives in a poor neighborhood and in one that not many women make something of themselves. In Breaking Through, Panchito suffers from poverty since he was very young and he is one of seven kids in his family. Panchito and his family suffer a lot and have to work every day so hard in order to be able to have little to eat at the end of the day. Panchito’s family does not have a lot of money, and a lot of advantages many other families do. He has to grow up fast and he is determined to not let his economic status determine his future. In The House on Mango Street, Esperanza talks poorly about the new house they moved