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    loneliness. Esperanza talks about the isolation between the boys and girls and about how everyone has friends or plays with people but says “Someday I will have a best friend all my own.” (9). This quote expresses her loneliness or isolation because it implies she doesn’t have friends or at least a best friend this can put her in trouble because she may not have anyone she can open up too or ask for advice. This may be why she can isolate her from people

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    merit have 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

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    In The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros‚ the main characters‚ Esperanza‚ gets a job at a photo development store and says that she "borrowed money for lunch and bus fare because Aunt Lala said I wouldn’t get paid till next Friday’ (Cisneros 54). Esperanza is Hispanic-American and has a low income job‚ as she demonstrates the majority of her money

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    In “the house on Mango Street” Esperanza was really naïve and ignorant however things began transitioning in her life because of incidents occur in the novel. The story began with Esperanza the main character moving to a new house.Esperanza moved a lot that she does not even remember her first house. Than she complains how she was always moving her whole life and never grew up in her ideal house. She hates the new house and the neighborhood because she lives in a Mexican segregated area in Chicago

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    Listening in my chair as a freshman‚ Mr. Gonzales‚ my trendy teacher decided to assign The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. I dismissed the book as another tale of a white dude learning about his “tragic life” but soon I discovered that this was not the case. Those following days‚ I sat by the window and found a deeper meaning in this book‚ which embodied my culture in the realistic light along with a reassurance of my identity. Sandra Cisneros‚ the writer who awakened my rehabilitation

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    The main challenge was her momma being sick during the time and doing her mom’s work. “...it might take 6 months to get her full strength back.” (page 57) Esperanza will have to go without a mom for months basically. Her mom can’t work so she has to work extra to pay things she will also have to be more responsible. She will have to become more loyal and responsible to get through these 3 challenges. It was

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    The House on Mango Street shows the reader the life of a Mexican-American girl through the character’s eyes. Only‚ the story isn’t just about her ethnicity and poor environment‚ it’s about finding a home and growing up. Everybody could learn a lot from her. She teaches people of determination‚ inner strength‚ and connections that can’t always be explained. Cisneros’ vignettes read like individual stories with one big purpose and that in itself is beautiful. In The House on Mango Street she

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    Katelyn Gettys Questions – 15 – 29 – House on Mango Street "Darius and the Clouds" What is the significance of the sky‚ butterflies and the flowers? Well‚ the sky reminded him of his childhood. They’d make familiar shapes and just bring back the best memories which made him in a better mood. Since Darius is one of those guys that like to tease girls around the school yard‚ it kind of gives him a bad feeling about himself. He relies on the sky‚ butterflies

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    wants to be like them. She says the word “special” which is showing us that she thinks that the kids who get to eat in the canteen get to have something that the other kids don’t have which makes them more powerful. This helps us be able to see what motivates her to go to the

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    You’re holding a handbook for visionaries‚ game changers‚ and challengers striving to defy outmoded business models and design tomorrow’s enterprises. It’s a book for the… written by Alexander Osterwalder & Yves Pigneur co-created by designed by Alan Smith‚ The Movement An amazing crowd of 470 practitioners from 45 countries design by Alan Smith‚ The Movement www.thmvmnt.com photography by Rannie Turrigan Toronto‚ Canada Euro values are calculated at ¤ 0.70 to the U.S. dollar. illustrations

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