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In The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros, Esperanza’s dreams and desires are not prevented despite her poverty. The vignettes ‘The House on Mango Street’, ‘My Name’ and ‘Mango Says Goodbye Sometimes’ best show the position she is in and the way she deals with all of the experiences that come her way. Poverty is a set back for Esperanza, but it will not hold her back from obtaining her ultimate dreams. It was obvious to everyone that Esperanza was poor, “You live there? (5). The deteriorated tiny house on Mango Street belonged to Esperanza. She lived in the poor part of her neighborhood. She couldn’t wait to get out of it. The role models in her vicinity were just as bad too. All of Esperanza’s role models were women. All of the women she looked up to were unhappy. They were all stuck in a place they didn’t want to be, stuck behind “a window.” These lives did not hold a fortunate future for Esperanza. She didn’t see any women with a good life, but she was still determined to get somewhere on her own, “I have inherited her name, but I don’t want to inherit her place by the wind