The Sandra Cisneros video gave me more information than the reading which helped me further understand how Esperanza feels about and views her house and family. The video stated that Esperanza, the main character of the story wants to use her abilities instead of chance and marriage to get a "house on a hill". This helped me realize Esperanza may come from a family where woman's place is at home and are not truly active members of society. Esperanza feels isolated because the house she is currently living in is not where she wants to be, not only because it was small, but also because it represents a lifestyle and mentality that she does not believe in. Esperanza wants to be independent and not dependent on her future husband or on luck, like her mom was. She knows that with hard work comes with good payoffs. The house and what it means to her gives Esperanza more motivation to be successful in life.
The choice of image is interesting; I'm guessing it is to represent the title of the work (which you seem to have not included).
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