The House On Mango Street (continued)

Sorry, my computer messed up earlier and I never got to finish.
I was saying, that many of the female characters in The House On Mango Street are expressed as being apart from the world around them. Additionally, Cisneros continually throughout the novella describes them as looking out the window from inside. Esperanza's grandmother was wild until she was forced into marraige by her husband, and then spent the rest of her life looking out the window of her house instead of being who she wanted to be. Louie's girl cousin Marin is can't leave her house, and stands looking out the doorway all day. Mamacita arrives and sits all day by the window because, esperanza believes, she is afraid because she can't speak english. Rafeala is locked in her house by her husband and leans out the window too much. Etc. Etc. Etc. The more I read, the more I can see this displacement felt by these women in their home country. And the confusion as to where they belong.