The House on Mango Street is written by Sandra Cisneros and was introduced in 1984 but copyrighted in 2009. I think that people who love and enjoy reading should definitely read this book, but people like me who do not enjoy reading should not read this book. This book definitely is interesting and seems very deep but since I do not like to read I don’t really pay much attention to what I am reading, but for you people who absolutely love to read, then yes go and read this book because believe it or not it is still interesting.

In The House on Mango Street, Esperanza is the narrator of the story and she describes how her and her family came to live a the house on Mango Street. She, her parents, her brothers, Carlos and Kiki, and her sister, Nenny, moved to Mango Street when the pipes broke in their previous apartment and the property owner refused to fix them.

What I did like about this book was how the author was very thorough in giving specific details about the characters, and the setting. As stated in the book, “But the house on Mango Street is not the way they told it at all. It’s small and red with tight steps in front and windows so small you’d think they were holding their breath. Bricks are crumbling in places, and the front door is so swollen you have to push hard to get in. There is no front yard, only four little elms the city planted by the curb.” You can find this reading and more on page 4 in the book.
I think the author’s purpose for writing this book was to make the reader see how difficult it is for people who come from different places to settle in America, or even people who move from different homes to other homes to settle in, like Esperanza and her family. “I knew then I had to have a house. A real house. One I could point to. But this isn’t it. The house on Mango Street isn’t it. For the time being, Mama says. Temporary, says Papa. But I know how those things go.” You can find this reading on page 5 in the book.