I’d never kill someone without a reason. Bra‚ I’m sorry for thinking you did it. I know you’re capable of many things‚ and you’ve done many bad things... but you’d never kill a kid. I want proof that Smangele’s pregnant. - Prove that you’re pregnant! - I’m not going to prove anything! Ayanda doesn’t sleep here. He says he’s going to church‚ but he’s actually going to Sibahle. - Mondli‚ you know nothing about my family. - MaNgcobo and Mxolisi are rotten to the core! Ask yourself why they
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House on Mango Street Study Question Key “The House on Mango Street” (section 1) 1. Esperanza is the narrator of this story. What is her attitude toward the house on Mongo Street? -She does not like the house. It is not their dream house. It is falling apart. The family owns this house‚ so they are no longer subject to the whims of landlords‚ and at the old apartment‚ a nun made Esperanza feel ashamed about where she lived. The house on Mango Street is an improvement‚ but it is still not
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Olivia and I sit on the roof‚ whispering about our respective days when all of a sudden we hear the sound of an Andean flute. Devan has arrived. He climbs the stairs from the roof to a farther up roof and then up a ladder to atop a water tank. "Devan‚" I warn‚ with a slight sence of jealousy for the view he must be seeing. "Let’s join‚" Olivia offers‚ and we run up to join him. At the last rung of the ladder‚ I turn to face Cerro Rico for the first time. Small yellow lights dot the outline of the
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Gender roles are very prominent in the world today and affect the way many people live. They affect the way people act‚ dress‚ and even think. In the novel The House on Mango Street‚ by Sandra Cisneros‚ the role of women in society is to be obedient and allow men to be the dominant partner. Primarily‚ women in The House on Mango Street are sex symbols. In the society‚ men are stereotyped as stronger and more intimidating‚ which makes it easier for the women to step back and let the men take charge
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it is hard to deal with. From the book‚ The House on Mango Street and the short story‚ “By Any Other Name”‚ the girls in the stories are treated horribly‚ discriminated against‚ disrespected‚ and are victims of prejudice‚ because of this we learn that discrimination hurts and effects the way that we live our lives in a negative manner. In both of the stories‚ all three girls (and in some cases more) are treated horribly. In The House on Mango Street‚ Esperanza describes one of her experience with
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Male/Female gender roles (Minerva‚ Sally‚ Rafaela‚ Mamacita‚ Linoleum Roses) The House on Mango Street Writing Project The book called House on Mango street is about a little girl that grows up in a poor naeberhood that is full of crime and violence. I think that having a male gender in the place they lived would have coused a different life steil for the family. They probley would have had a little less things to worry about with a boy instead of a girl. But if they had a girl they would be able
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Actions & Appearances By Webster Brown p.2 12/12/2011 In society today‚ people are judged by how we act‚ and show our appearances to others. Esperanza’s appearances and actions are the reason she decided to leave Mango Street. Throughout Esperanza’s life on Mango Street she has been criticized about her appearance by being called fat feet‚ ugly‚ and chicken lips by her neighbors in the vignette “And Some More.”(page 35- 38) She also has low self-esteem about herself because she thinks she
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Sexuality roles have always influenced the world just as Esperanza experiences sexuality and gender roles in The House on Mango Street written by Sandra Cisneros. Sandra Cisneros’s novella filled with vignettes following a young girl‚ Esperanza’s‚ experience with moving to a new house which is to her dislike. In the novella‚ The House on Mango street‚ Cisneros is trying to develop through Esperanza that in order to become an adult‚ or coming of age‚ Esperanza and young adults must understand sexuality
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Study Questions 1-14 – The House on Mango Street “The House on Mango Street” Why does Esperanza disapprove of the house on Mango Street? Esperanza disapproved of the house because she expected the house on Mango Street to be a house with plenty of room‚ “real stairs‚” at least three bathrooms‚ and a huge yard. But in reality the house was small‚ crumbling‚ with no front yard‚ and only a small backyard. It has apartment-style stairs‚ only one bathroom‚ and only three bedrooms‚ so everyone has to
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thrive. She doesn’t feel she belongs on Mango Street and wants to leave it behind. Esperanza was forced to grow up and as a result she had her childhood stolen. She is envious of Nenny’s childhood. She is socially pressured and as a result she was put in a horrible situation. She becomes a little closer to her dad when her grandfather dies‚ but she still stays closer to her mother. Esperanza is determined to reach her goals despite obstacles such as Mango Street. She shows this determinations as she
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