Coming of age

   I am reading The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. In this book Esperanza ( the main character) speaks about all of her life, both the good and the bad. While reading the book i noticed two quotes that responded  to the coming of age experience.
   "If you give me five dollars i will be your friend forever."When you are young the one thing you need is a friend. Someone you can confide in and spill your heart out to. They are the people that get you through your hard times, they are the ones who make you laugh when all you want to do is cry. I do think it is important to have a friend. If you don't have a friend you feel lonely and confined. When you see all the other kids that have friends and you don't it makes matters worse. So when someone asks Esperanza for five dollars and in return she will be her friend, she takes the bribe. I can understand why she did it, if i didn't have any friends, maybe i would even do it.
   "And i wish my name was Cassandra or Alexis or Maritza- anything but Esperanza- but when i tell them my name they don't laugh." This shows me a lot about Esperanza as a person. She feels like her name and her self are to good enough. She feels like she would be better as some one else. When you are young, you look at other people and you say, why can't i be like her? Why can't i have her hair? You envy others because of what they have and you don't. But when you grow up, you learn to except yourself as who you are. You know that you should't change anything about yourself because you are perfect the way you are.
   In conclusion, both quotes i chose speak into the coming of age experience. Both show what you think and do  while you are young.