I think The House on Mango Street could be categorized as a bildungsroman, however, I do not believe that it is a strong example of one. Esperanza is still on Mango Street at the novel's end, and although she has plans to leave, she is still a young girl who is simply dreaming. She does change as she hits puberty and has to tackle things like having hips and what it means to be a woman. Esperanza has rejected the role of women she sees in her community; she refuses to be controlled by a man and she refuses to sit inside watching the world go on around her. This novel is a different bildungsroman because all of the change really goes on within Esperanza. We only see the dreams she has planned for her life. We really see no action from her character, only experiences that lead her to a decision to have a life different from her mother's and those of the other women on Mango Street. The reader is left to only hope that Esperanza does get out of her house on Mango Street and moves on to bigger and better things.