The House on Mango Street
By: Sandra Cisneros
A quote that I really loved from this book was "Someday I will have a best friend all my own. One I can tell my secrets to. One who will understand my jokes without having to explain them. Until then I am a red balloon, a red balloon tied to an anchor." I love this line because in the beginning of the book Esperanza really wants some friends to play with, to talk to, to hang out with, and to just listen to. I like how the author is using a metaphor to explain that Esperanza isn't going anywhere just yet. She is staying, not moving or doing anything at all, but how some day that will all change. Some day she will have a friend, and no longer be "a red balloon tied to an anchor." The words hold so much meaning and I can just imagine Esperanza in front of me telling me all of this with all these emotions being expressed by her voice. Throughout the book you come to notice that Esperanza starts to grow as a character and that eventually she does find friends and that she no longer can be tied to an anchor. It is beautiful to think how in the beginning you can start at one thing, and then in the end the results are completely different.
I think that the like you picked can also relate to a much bigger picture. Sometimes in life we just have to sit around and wait things out, like high school, until we can move on to bigger things like college.
ReplyDeleteI see what you mean by what you said. That quote can be interpreted many ways. I agree that it is a very beautiful quote. Her word choice was very thought out and most certainly “beautiful”. I also believe the quote means that she wishes to someday be able to find her own friends who she can do all she stated but as if right now she feels as if she obligated to stay and sorta has to stay and take care of her sister which makes it harder for her to actually go out and be more social like she wishes to be.
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