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As she continues to describe her mother's hair in detail, she confesses that it smells lovely, much as when she is holding you and you feel safe.
The narrator Esperanza introduces us to her family in the vignette "Hairs" from the novella The House on Mango Street. She portrays her families' personalities through the descriptions of their hair. Beginning with her father's hair, Esperanza goes on to describe her own as rebellious and disobedient to barrets, her brother Carlos' hair as straight without needing to be combed, her sister Nenny's hair as slippery, her youngest sibling Kiki's hair as resembling fur, and finally her mother's hair as being like little rosettes.
The author introduces the character to her readers by explaining the characteristics of their hair when she uses this quote to start the vignette. It then leads the reader to believe that the same characteristics mirror their personas.
In this quotation, Esperanza begins to drift off of the thought of her mother's hair and into the way her mother makes her feel. Allowing the reader to see the contrast of the detail with her other relative. She allows us to notice how her mother provides her with a deep sense of security