The House On Mango Street

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Across
  1. 2. Roles – Symbol representing expectations for girls.
  2. 6. – Esperanza’s shy friend who studies all night.
  3. 8. Sisters – The women who tell Esperanza to come back for others.
  4. 10. Garden – The place where Esperanza experiences growing up.
  5. 11. – Symbol connected to looking out into the world.
  6. 12. – Esperanza dreams of having one “all her own.”
  7. 15. – Narrator of the book.
Down
  1. 1. – What Esperanza wants to leave but promises not to forget.
  2. 3. – Where Marin dreams of meeting someone.
  3. 4. – A symbol connected to identity and self-definition.
  4. 5. – Symbol tied to longing and escape.
  5. 7. – Four of these stand by Esperanza’s house.
  6. 9. – The color of Esperanza’s house.
  7. 10. Street – The place Esperanza lives.
  8. 13. – A symbol of femininity and danger in the novel.
  9. 14. – The girl who gets married young.
  10. 16. – One of the girls Esperanza befriends.
  11. 17. – Esperanza’s younger sister.