first friend in the new neighborhood of Mango Street. Cathy’s family moved out the week after Esperanza’s family moved in. She discouraged Esperanza from becoming friends with Rachel and Lucy. She was one of the few characters who were not from Mexico or Latin America. The chapter 5 and chapter 6 and throughout chapter 8 of the book called‚ The House On Mango Street; represent an ethnic picture from both the past and the present of Mango Street and the surrounding neighborhood. Cathy‚ Esperanza’s
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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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The family was Aunt Madelaine‚ her husband and two daughters and a son‚ Huguette the oldest daughter 16 and Rose 14 and a seven-year boy; Roberto. Aunt Sarah’s sisters lived rue de Turennes near my aunt’s house‚ not far from our apartment. My cousins of Geneva were a little older than myself and of course for them the perfect play companion and victim of his jokes. My brother Jacob only six years and is not the right person for their games‚ since Mom protected
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I need this money. I’m the man of the house I the one who’s supposed to take care of everyone. If my mom doesn’t get the treatment she needs she’s going to die. I wish this shit was free. What kind of man am I? Twenty seven years old living at home. What a joke‚ I am cashier at a pizzeria. What a joke I am. Some example I set for my little sister. Cashier making eight dollars an hour living in this small apartment. I need this money. I need our lives to change‚ save my mother’s life. Seriously fuck
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wherever you want.” I looked around the place and saw four customers‚ not including me. They all looked like locals. They appeared used to the surrounding filth. I walked towards a booth a saw the photo hanging above it‚ dusty and old‚ some kind of lake house scene
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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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down‚ snatched the basket‚ took the money‚ and sent me running home in panic. That evening‚ I told my mother what had happened‚ but she made no comment; she sat down at once‚ wrote another note‚ gave me more money‚ and sent me out to the grocery again. I crept down the steps and saw the same gang of boys playing down the street. I ran back into the house. “What’s the matter?” my mother asked. “It’s
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At the beginning of the story‚ readers learn about a girl named Esperanza whose life has always been unstable and has always been moving from house to house constantly. Benumbed by all the hardships she’s had to deal with Esperanza longs to live in a beautiful house of her own. Children in Esperanza’s neighborhood never play with the opposite sex‚ and the only friend Esperanza has is her little sister‚ whom she is ashamed to be seen with. Discouraged and degraded‚ Esperanza goes through
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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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I nearly threw up‚ but I managed to hold it in. I shouldn’t have drunk so much at the party. I shouldn’t have‚ but I just couldn’t control myself. I mean‚ what asshole you need to be to invite someone to the party where they barely know a soul and then leave them at the entrance‚ because some chick called them for a "talk"... It will be fun‚ he said. It will be unforgettable‚ he said. Yeah‚ maybe for you. Anyway‚ I need to get to the bus stop as soon as possible‚ I have a test tomorrow and I
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