The House on Mango Street

The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros
pg.748

" You live there? The way she said it made me feel like nothing. There. I lived there. I nodded."

It seems although the narrator does not like the feeling of being considered inferior and does not feel comfortable considering that he is neglected by the inhabitants of society. The statement lowers his self esteem and he seems to be personally distraught with the statement on his household. However, he seems to be defiant and show that indeed he does live there. Yet, he still seems to want to live in that lifestyle of a personal home with all the materialistic necessities.