House On Mango Street Dbq
There are many things people have to go through to reach their dreams. Just like the author Sandra Cisneros said in her book “The House on Mango Street.” Esperanza and her family from “The House on Mango Street” had to go through countless things to find the house of their dreams and to reach the American Dream. The three main struggles to the American Dream and that Esperanzan’s family had to go through are poverty, language barrier, and education.
Recently, there are three main obstacles to reaching the American Dream and one of them is poverty. I know this because on document B, paragraph 4 Esperanza’s mom says “You want to know why I quit school? Because I didn’t have nice clothes.” So this means that her mom had the brains but didn’t have sufficient money to be able to buy decent clothes like the rest of the kids in her school. Also on document C, paragraph 2 it states “He worked two jobs. He came home late and left early.” Therefore, this means that the man that brought “Mamacita” to America had to work more than one job and scarcely had time for his family because he was constantly working so …show more content…
Like Esperanza says in document C, paragraph 6 “I believe she doesn’t come out because she is afraid to speak English, and maybe this is so since she only knows eight words.” As you can see, that means that “Mamacita” didn’t come out of her apartment because she didn’t know that much English, so she couldn’t connect with other people like she does back in her country. Also in document C, paragraph 7 it says “My father says when he came to this country he ate hamandeggs for three months. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Hamandeggs. That was the only word he knew.” Therefore this means that many people and not only Esperanza’s dad try to reach the American Dream and fail because of the language barrier. That was the second out of the three obstacles that gets in the way when trying to reach the American
Recently, there are three main obstacles to reaching the American Dream and one of them is poverty. I know this because on document B, paragraph 4 Esperanza’s mom says “You want to know why I quit school? Because I didn’t have nice clothes.” So this means that her mom had the brains but didn’t have sufficient money to be able to buy decent clothes like the rest of the kids in her school. Also on document C, paragraph 2 it states “He worked two jobs. He came home late and left early.” Therefore, this means that the man that brought “Mamacita” to America had to work more than one job and scarcely had time for his family because he was constantly working so …show more content…
Like Esperanza says in document C, paragraph 6 “I believe she doesn’t come out because she is afraid to speak English, and maybe this is so since she only knows eight words.” As you can see, that means that “Mamacita” didn’t come out of her apartment because she didn’t know that much English, so she couldn’t connect with other people like she does back in her country. Also in document C, paragraph 7 it says “My father says when he came to this country he ate hamandeggs for three months. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Hamandeggs. That was the only word he knew.” Therefore this means that many people and not only Esperanza’s dad try to reach the American Dream and fail because of the language barrier. That was the second out of the three obstacles that gets in the way when trying to reach the American