The House On Mango Street: Article Analysis

The vignette “The House on Mango Street” shows a serious issue; it discusses poverty and even though it was set in the 1960s, the issue, as shown by articles, is still relevant today. “The House on Mango Street” was written by Sandra Cisneros and is told from Esperanza, a girl struggling with poverty and is told through a series of vignettes. The two articles that will be referenced is “How Does Poverty Affect a Teen’s Lifestyle?” by Ayra Moore, and “Increasing the Minimum Wage Would Help Reduce Poverty” by Elise Gould. Poverty has always been a problem. In fact, 46.7 million people were in poverty in 2014. Out of that number, 33% of those people in poverty are under 18. Clearly, poverty is still a serious issue today that affects many people.

To begin, in the article written by Ayra Moore named “How Does Poverty Affect a Teen’s Lifestyle” it explains the different issues that come with being a teenager in poverty. As said above, 33% of people in poverty are teens. In the article it just focuses on teens and they negative effects of being in poverty. It negatively affects their physical and mental health. They may not get any healthy foods, diminishing their physical health; mental disorders may come to teens in poverty, for example: low
The vignette, “The House on Mango Street”, shows us a teen struggling with poverty, that is how the article and the vignette compare to each other. Esperanza, the main character in “The House on Mango Street,” feels ashamed about her social status. Ayra Moore states in her article “A teen might feel uncomfortable around peers…” This clearly explains how Esperanza is feeling. In the vignette “The House on Mango Street” she writes “The way she said it made me feel like nothing.” This was after a nun pointed to her house in and asked if she lived there. Obviously, she feels shame like most children in poverty