English 101 Sandra Cisneros “Eleven” Millie Smitter Have you ever heard the expression "too young to be old" or "too old to be young?" “Eleven "‚ a story written by Sandra Cisneros‚ allows us to live the different emotions of Rachael‚ an ingenious first person narrator‚ describes the details of her humiliating eleventh birthday on a regular school day. Growing up can be‚ in most cases‚ a dramatic and difficult process‚ especially for kids. An eleven-year-old can feel helpless and vulnerable
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wife with another one.” Sandra Cisneros in her essay‚ “Only Daughter”‚ refers to the same issue‚ being a daughter and becoming a wife to stay home and take care of the house duties as her father wishes her to do so by saying‚ “My father thought college was good for girls—good for finding a husband.” Next I will talk about how both essays relate to each other‚ but also different at the same time. The main similarity in both essays is that Brady and Cisneros are trying to persuade the audience
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Christian Reynoso English 142B MW 11:10-1:00 2/20/13 Two Similar Worlds The Authors Sandra Cisneros and Jhumpa Lahiri share the rewards and challenges of being multi-cultural. In Cisneros’ “Only Daughter” and Lahiris’ “My Two Lives” The author’s describe their multi-cultural upbringing and how their family lives and adapted to another way of life. Also how there experience influenced there writing careers with their similar experiences and perspectives. A comparison of the details in
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do they? In Eleven‚ Sandra Cisneros uses different techniques to help Rachel’s age come out in her speech and thoughts. Diction‚ syntax and imagery help the reader to better interpret Rachel’s youthful thoughts and feelings. Sandra’s use of diction helps the reader understand how Rachel is feeling when she is accused of the sweater belonging to her. “…She sees I’ve shoved the red sweater to the tippy-tip corner of my desk…all over the edge like a waterfall…” (Cisneros 20) Not many adults would
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In the excerpt‚ “My Name” from Sandra Cisneros’ novel‚ “The House on Mango Street”‚ she uses specific diction‚ syntax‚ and imagery to create tone. The best example of this is in paragraph 3 when Esperanza talks about her grandmother. Using imagery for example‚ Cisneros paints a picture by saying‚ “My great-grandmother. I would’ve liked to have known her‚ a wild horse of a woman‚ so wild she wouldn’t marry. Until my great-grandfather threw a sack over her head and carried her off. Just like that
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“Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros and “The Pie” by Gary Soto‚ both highlight the significance and experiences of young characters fighting with personal challenges in their story. Their personal conflict involves both characters being pushed by their own thoughts for the things they had done or what they were told to do. Both stories are told from a first-person point of view‚ which allows the reader to see their conflict and emotions around the issue. Both stories show a development as a person but in
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In “The House on Mango Street” by Sandra Cisneros she strongly discusses the gender roles of women. The book discusses the situation of women at the time‚ and turns to the negatives of the situation to emphasize the need of improvement. This is highlighted in the repetition of various similar cases of different women‚ and by the emphasis of the perspective of women in the eyes of society. Cisneros repeats various negative and similar cases of different women which ultimately shed light on the
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by offering another perspective on them and can also be used to create a tone or ambience. In “Straw Into Gold: The Metamorphosis of the Everyday‚” Sandra Cisneros uses literary devices such as metaphors‚ conceits‚ and details to reveal the reflective atmosphere of her writing in order to convey her experiences as a writer. In her story‚ Cisneros applied metaphors to offer a more elaborate perspective on the events she experienced. For instance‚ she mentioned that as a kid‚ her parents satisfied her
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think they were holding their breath” (Cisneros 4). Using “small” to describe the house’s windows (GP) reveals Esperanza’s suffocation and restraint inside her socioeconomic status. These “small” windows also model Esperanza’s feelings of insignificance and lack of worth within herself. Similarly‚ Esperanza’s lack of value is exhibited when she reminisces about the hilltop houses where her father works:” I am tired of looking at what we can’t have” (Cisneros 86). Admitting to being impoverished (PrPP)
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telenovela-like feel from reading “Woman Hollering Creek” Also‚ there is a single word or a short phrase in the beginning of each scene such as “La Gritona” (46). This format is used in a script to mainly indicate what the scene is or where it takes place. Cisneros uses this to specifically use the format of a script and replicate a telenovela by using the same format of a script in her story. Due to Cleófilas’ love for telenovelas‚ the whole story is written like a telenovela with scenes and a script format
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