For many years women have been subordinated to men, The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, a 1984 bildungsroman in which Esperanza is depicted as determination and hope for the future woman in her poems but also the search for a better life and the promise of helping those left behind in the suffering of new traditions, crime, violence and sex. Cisneros' novel opened the doors to new ideas, a new focus of the Chicano novel, In Mañana Means Heaven published in 2010 we begin to see a passive woman, Cisneros introduces the problems a woman faces as Hernandez frees the woman from these injustices . Bea Franco represents hope for the woman, abandoned in Cisneros' novel. Bea represents the emergence of willpower and self-motivation to get out of an abusive relationship and find what she truly deserves. Both of these novels use different narratives, but both have a very serious, hopeful, and intimate tone. Both also share the themes of the struggle for self-definition, sexuality and autonomy that through a life journey these women are able to progress in a limited society. The House on Mango Street depicts the role of the woman as she grows up. Her poems demonstrate the role of women in an unjust society. All together, the stories of poverty, crime, sex, marriage rape, all concerning the woman, become the reason why she decides to stay in touch with her cultural traditions, but they also give her the motivation to find a better life. She feels she has a responsibility to return, because no one else will help these women. Esperanza dedicates this book to women, she addresses her book to the wider female community. He wants them to find their place, their identity. As Esperanza accepts her past, she knows she will...... middle of paper ...... At first we were left feeling hopeless with all the stories told about the woman left behind, but reading Bea's story we can rejoice that there was hope and continues to be there, Bea is the representation of a woman in Cisnero's poems, who was able to free herself from traditions, from a cruel society, from a manipulated life cycle. As we move from one novel to another, we begin to focus more on things other than a repressed woman, controlled by a possessive, jealous man. Themes such as sexuality, autonomy and gender are explored in both novels and really help us build a new perspective of the woman because she is able to overcome these injustices. While reading these novels I felt anger, love and I really connected with the protagonists, it was interesting to see a different approach to Chicano literature and other factors that lead them to find their identity.