Esperanza's Future

By the end of The House on Mango Street, many different inferences can be made. One of the questions that can be made with an inference is, “What’s next for Esperanza?” There are many answers for this question that could be supported by the book.

I believe that Esperanza is planning on leaving Mango Street. She is planning to leave and go receive a better education or better opportunity for it. This is made sure of in the following quote, “One day I will pack my bags of books and paper...Friends and neighbors will say, What Happened to that Esperanza? Where did she go with all those books and paper? (110)” This quote indicates to me that Esperanza will leave to go receive an education. I think this because she says that she is going to take “books and paper” to where she leaves to study or write. As a matter of fact, I believe that will specifically learn more about writing. As Sam said in class, maybe Esperanza’s way to help Mango Street is by writing the book.

Esperanza is determined to go back to Mango street after she leaves. She will come back to help the people that she left behind. The following quote takes place in the vignette The Three Sisters. “When you leave you must remember to come back for the others. A circle, understand? You will always be Esperanza. You will always be Mango Street. You can’t erase what you know. You can’t forget who you are. (105)” In this quote there are many little clues that will say what Esperanza will do later on. The most significant one is one that Meriam pointed out in class. Meriam had said that Esperanza will come back to help others that were in the same cycle as Esperanza. This was made clear when I read, “A circle, understand.” I thought of the cycle because a cycle is a circle, so that is why I agree with Meriam. I am not very sure if it was meant this way but it would make sense. Another part of the quote is, “You will always be Mango Street.” This part of the qoute shows that even after she leaves, she has the inspiration or identity of Mango Street. So when she leaves, she will take the Mango Street with her.

In summary, Esperanza in the future will leave the house on mango street. I think she will leave to get some education, mainly in writing. She then will come back to the house on mango street to help people that were or are in her position. While she leaves, she will also take mango street with her.