In the fourth episode, the Servant actually eagerly answers to Oedipus's questioning about his heritage - that he was abandoned by his parents and that he is that same baby he had been asking around about.
The struggle for self-definition is a common theme in a coming-of-age novel, or bildungsroman, and in The House on Mango Street, Esperanza's struggle to define herself underscores her every action and encounter.
C.) alliteration. "Farming father's" and "Fallen father" all start with the same letter.
She is using looking for a solution to her problem.
