Windows

In the book The House of Mango has many symbolism in the book. Yesterday in class we discussed about how shoes symbolizes childhood and growing up from it. There are more stuff in the book at also symbolizes in the chapters like My Name, No Speak English,Rafaela Who Drinks Coconut Juice on Tuesdays, and Sally. In the chapter or vignette called “My Name” talks about how she inherit her name , Esperanza.

She looked out the window her whole life, the way so many women sit their sadness on an elbow... I have inherited her name, but I don’t want to inherit her place by the window,”(11)

This quote talks about her great grandmother and how she was forced to marry. Once her great grandmother was married, she spent most of her life sitting by a window and look at nothing but watch time pass by. Since she inherited her great grandmother’s name she didn’t want to be forced to marry and be trapped all her life.
In the next vignette is called “No speak English” which is also kinda about being stuck in a situation where you are trapped in a house.

“She won’t come down. She sits all day by the window and plays Spanish radio show...” (77)

This quote expresses how she misses her home and isn’t happy with living in that house and shes more happy living in Mexico where her home is. She feels like she doesn’t fit in when she moved to her husband’s house and because of that it affected her being social so she just sat there and dwell on her situation

“Rafaela leans out the window and leans on her elbow and dreams her hair is like Rapunzel’s,” (79)

What this quote means is how Rafaela is  trapped at home and she wants someone to save her, hence the Rapunzel hair. She wants to live her own life and be free instead of being trapped and lonely with nothing to do.
All of these quotes reflect on how young women are trapped in their own home and the only choice to do is just sit there and dwell on your situation and wait for someone to save them in the trapped house.