Cisneros's character Esperanza greatly dislikes her house on Mango Street and is ashamed of it. She wanted a nice white house with her own stair and bathroom. "But the house on Mango Street is not the way they told it at all. It's small and red with tight steps in the front...(4)." When Esperanza is forced to point out her house she always feel embarrassed and ashamed of it. "The way she said it made me feel like nothing (5)." The

One of the most traumatic events Esperanza endured was next to the tilt a whirl near the red clowns. She is left alone and forced upon by some boys. She feels betrayed and lost. "You're a liar. They all lied. All the books and magazines everything that told it wrong (100)." She is unable to remember the exact events, but distinctly recalls "the red clowns laughing their thick tongue laugh." Esperanza is ashamed and angry with Sally for leaving her. The use of the color red signifies her hurt and shame regarding the situation.

The color red signifies the shame Esperanza felt over certain events in her life. These are things she wished she could change but knew she could not. Red is a color that jumps out at you and catches your attention just as these events stand out in Esperanza's mem

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Approximate Word count = 541
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)