Chapter 41-44

Esperanza's friends, Rachel and Lucy's baby sister dies. They held a funeral. Esperanza felt weird about the death situation. Their three aunts tried comforting Esperanza and told her to make a wish. They seemed to know what her wish was. They told her that her wish will come true. After she gets home from the funeral, Esperanza feels sad all of a sudden. She vents to Alicia about how she isn't proud of the place she lives in (Mango Street) and that she'll never come back to Mango Street until it gets better, since it is an impoverished neighborhood. Alicia tells her that she will always return to Mango Street. They also both know that the mayor won't do anything to shape it into a better place. Esperanza strongly believes that she will have a house of her own one day, not an apartment or development, but an actual house. One day, she will say goodbye to Mango Street.