Everyone is raised in their own ethnic surroundings. This is mainly based upon the ethnicity to which one belongs‚ the type of parents by which one is brought up‚ or the “Americanization” of parents from another culture. An individual informs others of their cultural standards through their actions‚ their initiative‚ their respect of family‚ and their futuristic thinking. These aspects build up one’s personality and lifestyle. In “Indian Father’s Plea”‚ the father desires his son to have a good
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for that is because the fourteen year old girl is a different race from her friend. The fourteen year old girl hands her friend a bad of seeds and tells her to plant them and when they grow her friend will miss her. In the story " mericans " Sandra Cisneros writes about a
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better to make your own mistakes than someone else ’s. For these reasons are why Steve Jobs is an independent thinker and an influential figure in the technology industry. Steve jobs had the ability to make his own judgments‚ even as a kid. As an eleven year old child in middle school‚ he was bullied at Crittenden Middle School. One day‚ he came home and told his parents if he did not transfer he was going to drop out of school. His parents didn’t want to break the promise they had made to Steve’s
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is full of obstacles and hardships. But what is most important is to persevere‚ and I defiantly agree with this statement. Two literary works that support this statement are “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes‚ and The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. In the poem “Mother to Son”‚ the speaker admits that her life has been difficult‚ but despite the hardships‚ she does not give up. She uses an extended metaphor to describe to her son‚ how even though her life has been hard‚ she still moves
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house on mango street essay In the novel The House on Mango Street By Sandra Cisneros violence plays a large role in the characters lives. Violence is shown throughout the story through the eyes of Esperanza who is the main character. She has friends and neighbors all who are affected by violence. To begin with‚ in the vignette "Minerva who writes poems" Esperanza talks about her neighbor Minerva. She says that Minerva’s boyfriend comes to visit and beats her and then she goes to her house
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In the Good Country People” by Flannery O’Conner‚ we met Mrs. Hopewell’s daughter‚ Joy. She was a very educated woman with a Ph.D. in philosophy. She later changed her to Hulga. For‚ she did not have much joy with her prosthetic leg‚ and she felt that naming her as Hulga would fit her personality. Because of high education‚ she felt superior than everyone in town. If it was not for her fake leg‚ she would be far from the “good country people” (1343). Later in story‚ Hulga met Manley Pointer who
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relatable attributes and relative ideas‚ not in just when it was written but all throughout time. A book of literary merit also has complex characters that you can sympathize with. Knowing this definition‚ The House on Mango Street‚ written by Sandra Cisneros‚ is a novel of literary merit. The story has qualities and ideas that are relatable all throughout time and appeals to a wide diversity of audiences‚ with characters that are very complex. The novel‚ The House on Mango Street‚ isn’t too long
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her life whereby she will love and be loved back so that her life will have meaning. She tells herself‚ “One does whatever one can‚ must do‚ at whatever the cost… because to suffer for love is good. The pain was all sweet somehow. In the end‚” (Cisneros 1401) with the view that that is how life is supposed to be. However‚ her life changes when she moves to Texas with her husband whereby every person is a stranger and unwilling to provide support to her. She stays in a home that is isolated in addition
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The Monkey Garden by Sandra Cisneros is a story about a girl named Esperonza who gets lost in the struggle between childhood and adolescence. The theme is childrens unwillingness to drop the lifestyle of childhood and take on the challenges and demands of yung adulthood. In the story Esperonza tells us about this mysterious garden‚ or backyard for those noncreative minds. To her and the other children on the block the garden was a place to be feared. Eventually‚ after the neighbors move‚ the now
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granted‚ without realizing the true meaning behind it. In the last paragraph I said “not all of us base our name as our identity” because there are people like Esperanza who feels her name should express herself. The essay “My Name” written by Sandra Cisneros- a Hispanic/white woman who dedicated her life into writing novels wrote a story about a girl named Esperanza. She reflects on how her name means “hope” in English‚ while in Spanish it means “too many letters” and “sadness.” Esperanza doesn’t
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