The Women Figures and the Notion of ‘Home’ in Sandra Cisneros’ the House on Mango Street

Sandra cisneros is one of the most prominent writers of american and hispanic literary world. her successful novel titled the house on mango street recounts the life, the milieu and the compelling experiences encountered by women from the eyes of esperanza, the protagonist of the novel. however, there are a large number of resemblances between houses and the women figures. esperanza thinking that she does not belong to there at the beginning of the novel is determined to make the women on mango street educated and optimistic about their future.