In "The House on Mango Street", by Sandra Cisneros, Mango Street is part of a lower class, dangerous neighborhood where women feel imprisoned from life, particularly in the characters of Marin, Sally, and Esperanza. The first woman, Marin, an older friend of Esperanza's, is emotionally imprisoned from the joy of being outside to laugh and talk with friends. Marin is not allowed to leave her home because it is her job to watch her cousins. She is imprisoned in the sense that she has a job and makes money, but she has to stay inside since she is a guest in her aunt's household. Sally, a…
