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Fantasy Vs. Reality - College Term Papers

Fantasy Vs. Reality

Sometime in our lives, we have wished for things we don't have. No
matter how hard we wished on the star or a candle, our wishes never seemed
to be answered. We have all felt that bitter disappointment on Christmas
morning when we finally realized that we were never going to be able to
have what we want. This is the same exact feelings that the characters in
Cisneros' The House on Mango Street. Unlike us, the disappointment for
these characters last throughout their childhood. Esperanza, Rachel, Nenny,
Sally, and Lucy are among the kids growing up on Mango Street. They all
long for friendship, love, and a better life, but all these kids face are
the harsh reality of the "real world." ...

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will understand her for it. These wishes
seem easy enough to grant, but Esperanza soon finds out that there is more
to friendship. "If you give me five dollars, I will be your friend
forever." Esperanza discovers that she can not have anything for nothing.
Rachel and Lucy sure enough become her friends, but only after she helped
them pay for the bike. Esperanza never does truly find a real friend who
shares the same goal as she does because all the friends she has have more
problems than her. For instance, Sally was a friend for whom Esperanza
cared for. When Esperanza was raped, Sally was not there to help her and
when Esperanza tried to prevent Sally from making a mistake, Sally told her
to leave. All Esperanza wanted was a friendship that would help her escape
her life, but all she ended up with were friendships that reminded her of
her broken dreams because in her society nothing was given for free and the
people she was associated with didn't have the same goals as she ...

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Added: 5/20/2006 03:58:46 AM
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