"A real house. One I could point to."
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This quote comes in The House on Mango Street when the little girl is talking to a nun. The nun asks her where she lived and is suprised to learn the little girl lives in a dilapidated appartment. The girl feels ashamed by this and says that she desires to have a nice house that she should show people. These desires are influenced by her want for a better family life more like the lives she sees on television.
"Except he won't let her talk on the telephone. And he doesn't let her look out the window"
page 749
This quote comes from the story Linoleum Roses. In this story it says that Sally got married in eighth grade which is very bazar. It almost appeared that she was kidnapped because in the quote she descibes how she could not talk on the phone or look out the window. Also, she was isolated from her friends. However, this was a happier life than her life with her abusive father.
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