In The House on Mango Street, when does Esperanza talk about how she wants to move out of the house?

In the last two vignettes of the book, Esperanza dreams of one day moving out of her house on Mango Street because she wants to own her own house and have a career. First, she talks about allowing bums to stay overnight in her attic in the vignette entitled "Bums in the Attic." There is also an old aunt who seems to know of Esperanza's sincere desire to leave Mango Street in "The Three Sisters," but this aunt tells Esperanza to come back one day for the ones who won't ever be able to leave Mango Street.

Esperanza specifically mentions what she wants when she moves out of her parents' house. In "A House of My Own," she explains she doesn't want an apartment, a man's house, or her father's house. She wants a house of her own where she won't have to pick up after anyone but herself, and she can have her own porch, pillow, and purple petunias.

Then, in "Mango Says Goodbye Sometimes," Esperanza talks about the house on Mango Street as a "sad red house, the house I belong but do not belong to" (110). She imagines the house permitting her to leave one day because, as Esperanza says, "I am too strong for her to keep me here forever" (110). What is important to remember, though, is that Esperanza also plans on going back to Mango Street; that is to say, Esperanza vows not to forget those she will leave behind.