The House On Mango Street By Sandra Cisneros
In the book The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, the passage represents the struggle for people on Mango st. to achieve their American dream by isolating their hopes from reality and illustrating their hardship. Nenny and Esperanza are in a shop when Nenny notices a music box, which, after the owner starts it up, sounds wonderful and Nenny wishes to purchase it. Nenny asks how much it costs, to which the man says, “this ain’t for sale” (Cisneros). The man implies to Nenny that it is not something she could afford. Since she could not afford something that she desired, it shows that people like her on Mango st. could not get everything they wanted. Because of this, they essentially work hard and struggle to get their American dream