Similarities Between The House On Mango Street And I Felt A Funeral In My Brain

Having to deal with the problems of the everyday world, “The House on Mango Street” by Sandra Cisneros and “I felt a Funeral in my Brain” by Emily Dickinson provides concepts of insanity in different perspectives. Clearly different forms of reality, the author’s irony are similar. Two distinctive settings appear as visuals of the event taken at different viewpoints. There are many opinions of the exact theme for these particular stories. One may say that “The House on Mango Street” shows sympathy and hope. Others may argue that “I felt a Funeral in my Brain” indicates insanity and grievance. Literally, these stories may have different themes but there is a clear distinction that these themes may have determination. On page 127, in paragraph four line one Cisneros uses “They always told us that one day we would move into a house, a real house that would be ours for always” to clearly show how the family are determined to gain a house of their own. On page 134, in stanza five Dickinson uses “And I dropped down, and down – And hit a World, at every plunge, and Finished knowing – then” as a reference to determination to keep on falling. Although not really a good sense to assume, Dickenson tries
In Mango Street, the author describes moving from one place to another year after year. The setting seems to be a different set of emotions towards the setting. In page 127, paragraph two it says “The house in Mango Street is ours and we don’t have to pay rent to anybody or share the yard with the people downstairs or be careful not to make too much noise and there isn’t a landlord banging on the ceiling with a broom.”The setting tells the audience about how happy the author is to be in such a place. In page 134, stanza 4, the author uses “as all the Heavens was a Bell.” The author recognizes the happy setting of the heavens as a place which is taken away from the