The House On Mango Street Ruthie Analysis
One passage that thoroughly depicts the affects of Ruthie's abuse on her life is located on page 69, when Esperanza describes What Ruthie could have done with her life if she had not had her destructive husband. When the reader is first introduced to Ruthie, she is called Edna's Ruthie. She is Edna's daughter, and obviously this is part of her identity. Edna is an important part of who she is, and without her, Ruthie is nothing. After a little while, the reader begins to understand Ruthie as an individual character. She sees beautiful things in everything she casts her eyes upon. Ruthie's main conflict is that most people don't understand her, and they don't know her past. Even Esperanza, a good friend, did not know of Ruthie's true history.