House on Mango street = Shortly characterise the life of the family before moving to Mango Street. - They had to move around a lot‚ and once stayed at the Loomis. The conditions there was not good‚ and the landlord would not solve the problems that would occur like when the water pipes broke. What were the hopes and promises of the family? - They were told that their new house would be amazing. It would have real stairs‚ and pipes that worked and they could stay there for always. It would
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In the novel The House on Mango Street‚ by Sandra Cisneros‚ we read about a girl named Esperanza‚ who lives in a Latino neighborhood in Chicago‚ a city where a lot of destitute areas are racially segregated. In a series of vignettes‚ Esperanza explains the time she meets her neighbors and the difficult times in their lives. Throughout the book‚ it proposes a selection of characters and their cultural background‚ how they are affected by banishment‚ poverty‚ and are even trapped. Alicia is a young
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against about 50 percent of the world’s population of humans. So‚ those who oppose this would try to show the world that the idea of sexism is wrong‚ and Sandra Cisneros is one of then. She indirectly discusses it in a book‚ "House on Mango Street." This book‚ "The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros‚ showed feminism and machismo in the Latino culture. For example‚ I quote‚ "I thought I would because he was so old and just as I was about to put my lips on his cheek‚ he grabs my face with both hands
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Shane Mahon Mango Street Post Reading Section 2 English 10B A 8 February 2016 What stuck out most in this section is in the chapter Gil’s Furniture Bought and Sold‚ when the line “... you could be in there a long time before your eyes notice a pair of gold glasses floating in the dark.” This line stuck out to me because if I ever just saw floating glasses in a pitch black building I would be scared. However Esperanza is not It makes me think how our society and theirs are different. Another
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Family in The House on Mango Street support each other during difficult times. In the story‚ Esperanza dad was feeling upset when a family member dies‚ but Esperanza was there to support her dad by holding him in her arms. A lot of the family in this book stands up for each other and be there for each other. In the story Esperanza doesn’t always like her family‚ but her relationship with the family provides her with a sense of belonging. Esperanza thinks she doesn’t look anything like her sister
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person’s characteristics and personalities that defines who you are. Everyone’s personalities are ever so slightly different from everyone else‚ which cause us to have trouble finding our own special identity. Include the main character in the book “The House on Mango Street” ‚Esperanza‚ she had faced many challenges when she was trying to find her own identity‚ and those struggles have changed her throughout the novel. But at the end‚ what defines her is the ability to write and tell stories. On
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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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Because the story is set in a lower-class neighborhood‚ most characters who live there want to escape. For some‚ it is just the neighborhood. For example‚ in one of the earlier vignettes‚ Cathy and her family would like to move before the neighborhood gets too bad for them. However for most of Esperanza’s friends‚ who happen to be women‚ an escape means not feeling so trapped in their daily lives. Rafaela’s husband quite literally locks her in her home each day. To attempt and escape this‚ Rafaela
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surroundings‚ specifically the environment where we lived. Esperanza has been affected by her surrounding because she didn’t live in a good environment that she can be proud of her‚ but rather be ashamed and feel uncomfortable. In the book‚ The House on Mango Street‚ Esperanza states‚ “The way she
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The biggest decision people make is deciding who they are. In the story The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros‚ the author creates a conflict of Esperanza’s internal struggle to find her identity‚ reminding us that the decision of who you are can be life or death. We first learn about this conflict when Esperanza is talking about her name‚ and how it doesn’t present her as who she is. Throughout the story‚ Esperanza realizes that people judge her due to the fact that she only shows them the
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