beautiful。 Esperanza describes the house on Mango Street that “ [I]t’s small and red with tight steps in front and windows so small you’d think they were holding their breath。 Bricks are crumbling in places, and the front door  is  so  swollen you  have  to push hard to  get in” (Cisneros, 2009: 4)。 The  house  here is  no  longer   the representation of a comfortable home or a safe space (李楠, 2010: 71)。