Similarities Between The House On Mango Street And Nenny
Andrew Quinonez 1
The House on Mango Street
The House on Mango Street is written in first person tense. The main character Esperanza explains her life story of her neighborhood and city at the age of twelve. First person view helps me understand Esperanza and her friends and family. Two other main characters in Esperanza's life are Nenny and Sally. Sally is one of Esperanzas friends but a sexuall one, Esperanza sees her as a beautiful and rude like those women from the movies Esperanza adores. Nenny on the other hand is Esperanza’s innocent little sister. Nenny and Esperanza don’t seem very much alike, but their differences in age and sociability mask their similarities.
Esperanza matures significantly during the year, both sexually and emotionally. This novel charts her life as she makes friends, grows hips, …show more content…
During the year, she moves with her family into a house on Mango Street. The house is a huge improvement from the family’s previous apartment, and it is the first home her parents actually own. However, the house is not what Esperanza has dreamed of, because it is run-down and small. The house is in the center of a crowded Latino neighborhood in Chicago, a city where many of the poor areas are racially segregated.
The power of language and the struggle for self-definition are the two common themes in The House on Mango Street. The power of language those who are not able to communicate effectively are relegated to the bottom levels of society. For example Mamacita moves to the country to be with her husband, and she becomes a prisoner of her apartment because she does not speak English. And also Esperanza’s father could not even choose what he ate when he first moved to the country, because he did not know the words for any of the foods but ham and
The House on Mango Street
The House on Mango Street is written in first person tense. The main character Esperanza explains her life story of her neighborhood and city at the age of twelve. First person view helps me understand Esperanza and her friends and family. Two other main characters in Esperanza's life are Nenny and Sally. Sally is one of Esperanzas friends but a sexuall one, Esperanza sees her as a beautiful and rude like those women from the movies Esperanza adores. Nenny on the other hand is Esperanza’s innocent little sister. Nenny and Esperanza don’t seem very much alike, but their differences in age and sociability mask their similarities.
Esperanza matures significantly during the year, both sexually and emotionally. This novel charts her life as she makes friends, grows hips, …show more content…
During the year, she moves with her family into a house on Mango Street. The house is a huge improvement from the family’s previous apartment, and it is the first home her parents actually own. However, the house is not what Esperanza has dreamed of, because it is run-down and small. The house is in the center of a crowded Latino neighborhood in Chicago, a city where many of the poor areas are racially segregated.
The power of language and the struggle for self-definition are the two common themes in The House on Mango Street. The power of language those who are not able to communicate effectively are relegated to the bottom levels of society. For example Mamacita moves to the country to be with her husband, and she becomes a prisoner of her apartment because she does not speak English. And also Esperanza’s father could not even choose what he ate when he first moved to the country, because he did not know the words for any of the foods but ham and