In The House on Mango Street, Cisneros wants readers to recognize that some people become imprisoned by their circumstances and don’t understand how to get out of it, but that it is up to them to find a way out. Which two excerpts from the novella work together to develop this overall message?

"Alicia, who inherited her mama’s rolling pin and sleepiness, is young and smart and studies for the first time at the university. Two trains and a bus, because she doesn’t want to spend her whole life in a factory or behind a rolling pin."

"Sally got married like we knew she would….She sits at home because she is afraid to go outside without his permission. She looks at all the things they own…""Marin, under the streetlight, dancing by herself, is singing the same song somewhere. I know. Is waiting for a car to stop, a star to fall, someone to change her life."

"Once some friends of Edna’s came to visit and asked Ruthie if she wanted to go with them to play bingo. The car motor was running, and Ruthie stood on the steps wondering whether to go. Should I go Ma?"