In the short story "The House on Mango Street" Sandra Cisneros unfolds her childhood memories where she and her family struggled with poor living conditions on the way to their own house, and she seems to suffer from it more than anyone of the family. When one day they finally get the house of their own and her family seems to be ready to settle with it, she continues suffering because it's not the house …showed first 75 words of 746 total…

…showed last 75 words of 746 total…a dream to be deprived of fulfillment. When we read both works, the final decision is not a question for us: we agree with Hughes that dream doesn't extinct and is made to be fulfilled and we know for Cisneros that she'll pursue her goal, because the energy of a dream is absolute. Works Cited: Cisneros, Sandra. "The House on Mango Street". 40 Short Stories. Ed. Beverly Lawn. New York: Bedford, 2001 Hughes, Langston. "A Dream Deferred".