The House on Mango Street Essay The House on Mango Street is a beloved book spanning a great generation of readers. The House on Mango Street is a fictional story about the life of a young girl‚ Esperanza‚ growing up on Mango Street in a poor neighborhood. She grows up in a society where men are dominant over women. This shapes her in many ways‚ including her thoughts of men. Cisneros’s use of syntax and figurative language‚ in the form of repetition and metaphors‚ alludes to the reader that if women
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Sarah Clanton Professor Nixon ENGL 1102 MW March 7‚ 2013 “Shame is a bad thing‚ you know. It keeps you down”: The Power of Shame in Cisneros’s The House on Mango Street In Sandra Cisneros’s The House on Mango Street‚ Esperanza’s main goal is to one day have a house of her own that she can be proud of. Of course this is many people’s dream‚ but for Esperanza it means everything. It’s such a big deal to her because she’s ashamed of where she lives now‚ so she wants something better for herself in
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Some people may argue that Esperanza reason for wanting to leave Mango streets is much more deeper than just the poor condition of Mango Street and the lack of women role model. These people may argue that Esperanza reason for wanting to leave Mango has to do with her Mexican Culture and Heritage. In the Novel we see that it is expected of Mexican women during this time period to be mothers and wives‚ receiving an education or having a carrier outside of the home went against their cultural norms
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Chris Gonzalez English 251 Professor Slack 9/12/13 House on Mango Street Written Analysis At first when I picked this book up at the COS bookstore I didn’t think much of it. I thought it would be a boring book that we would have to sit through class reading while I wandered off in my head. The House on Mango Street was actually really interesting to me. Right off the back the way the chapters were set up was unique like one page after another‚ short descriptions of people‚ places and events
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The Trees of Hope and Courage In The House on Mango Street‚ the author Sandra Cisneros takes you into a completely different world through the eyes of a young‚ insecure Esperanza growing up in a poor section of Chicago. A vignette that especially stood out was “Four Skinny Trees”. In this vignette Esperanza is describing four skinny trees that are overlooked and underappreciated. Cisneros uses powerful personification techniques that not only create vivid images but trigger intense reactions
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revised on 10/13/11 English IX Mrs. Rosett Revision Boys and Girls PG 8 “The boys and the girls live in separate worlds. The boys in their universe‚ and we in ours. My brothers for example. They’ve got plenty to say to me and Nenny inside the house. But outside they can’t be seen talking to girls. Carlos and Kiki are each other’s best friends…not ours. Nenny is too young to be my friend. She’s just my sister and that was not my fault. You don’t pick your sisters‚ you just get them and sometimes
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Vignettes Contents 1) The Fire in My Father’s Hands 2) Practice Till You Get Tired of It 3) The Playful Shadow 4) Not The Usual 5) Home Ruler 6) All Alone 7) Stop Judging! 8) Party Pooper 9) Different Things‚ Deep Meanings 10) Work‚ Save‚ Relax The Fire in My Father’s Hands When I was a kid‚ about 5 to 8 years old‚ my hands would always get cold whenever the surrounding air is chilly. My dad would always tell me to rub them together‚ like you would in order to make fire. And so I did
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Why should someone pursue a dream? These are questions Esperanza has in The House on Mango Street. Esperanza learns that you should pursue your dreams so you can feel worth something; this is shown‚ when she tries to make friends‚ her mom reveals how she didn’t pursue her dream‚ and when she moves into her house. Esperanza in this book learns about pursuing her dreams‚ one example is when she first moves to Mango Street and has to make new friends. In the book‚ Esperanza says‚ “Someday I will have
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My book is called “The House on Mango Street” by Sandra Cisneros. The setting is in Chicago the narrator of the book is named Esperanza Cordero‚ she has five other family members. Her mother‚ her father‚ Carlos‚ Kiki‚ and Nenny. This book is Esperanza‚ a girl who lives in a family that is fairly poor. Her family moves around a lot‚ to the point where she remember all the places she has ever lived. She recently moved into a house on Mango Street. Her parents bought the house‚ but Esperanza believed
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everyone looks for good jobs. So they could support a family of their own. In the story “The House On Mango Street‚” “I knew then I had to have a house. A real house. One I could point to. But this isn’t it.” This is an example of one of the expenses in the American Dream. Money is makes the world go around. However‚ there are more struggles then just money.
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