Rachel’s character by Sandra Cisneros in “Eleven” is a very clever girl compared to her age; however‚ some people or even her peers might disaccord with it. In this passage‚ the author reiterates Rachel’s age several times‚ although the repetition of her age does not give the reader an affection of her being wiser and much older than her age. To tackle the feeling of Rachel being a dumb girl‚ Cisneros use of language‚ Imagery‚ and narrative all collaborates to make Rachel a well defined character
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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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The House On Mango Street and “ Only Daughter” both prove that being an Mexican- American women is a struggle. As Cisneros shows her first hand experience‚ and as well shows it through story telling. Yet without telling a biography and going straight to the point she shows emotion by using literary elements. Sandra Cisneros Chose to use metaphors and imagery to express the hard ships of being a Mexican- American women. If Sandra Cisneros did not use literary elements to show the lifestyle of a Mexican-American
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In the short story "Mexico‚" the author Sandra Cisneros uses very long‚ detailed sentences as a form of syntax‚ which is the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language‚ and uses descriptive words to set the mood‚ theme‚ and setting of her short story‚ which is called diction. Cisneros’ style and usage of syntax and diction are critical elements to the short story. In "Mexico‚" Cisneros uses long‚ elaborate‚ descriptive sentences to move from one memory of
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Sandra Cisneros: Writer and Activist Mexican-American writer Sandra Cisneros is the preeminent Latina writer in the U.S. today. Cisneros has written two novels‚ a collection of short stories‚ and three books of poetry. Her earlier works‚ the short novel The House on Mango Street (1984) and the collection of short stories Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories (1991)‚ were responsible for establishing her wide readership and winning Cisneros major publishing contracts and major advances on her
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“Response to Executive Order 9066” by Dwight Okita‚ and “Mericans” by Sandra Cisneros were excellent stories to read. The theme American Identity really shined through when I read these stories. Although they are very different‚ they are also very similar. In the end it taught me that whatever cultural background you were from‚ or how you looked‚ it does not determine what being american means. "Response to executive order 9066" I feel like it talk about family‚but more of her friends
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"Tepeyac" by Sandra Cisneros while the narrators are walking home with her grandfather from his shop‚ she is describing the places and the people they come to pass. When walking to their house they count the steps from the street to their front door together and they go to eat dinner together‚ then she says she will return to the U.S. Her grandfather will die‚ everything will die‚ everything will change‚ she feels like it’s irretrievable‚ and when she returns‚ years later‚ and the house itself seems
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Only Daughter by Sandra Cisneros The short story about Sandra Cisneros being the only daughter was about her herself and her family. In the beginning‚ Sandra talks about how she could have written her own contributors note for an anthology she was part of in more than one way and she chose to write it another. She writes a lot because of her father‚ and from what I understood her whole writing career she’s just tried to get his respect out of it. Yes‚ he’s glad she went to college but what’s her
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HOMS Theme Essay Growing up‚ everyone expects it as this unbelievably spontaneous thing . In Sandra Cisneros book “The house on Mango Street” states that growing up can happen to people variously‚ in good and bad ways. In the pages 46- 57 there is a lot of growing up in many of the characters especially Esperanza. Esperanza gets her first job‚ during her break time she mingles with an oriental man; “ He grabs my face with both hands and kisses me hard on the mouth‚”(55). Esperanza has just gotten
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The writers Dwight Okita and Sandra Cisneros were very obviously influenced by many aspects of American culture. Both "In Response to Executive Order 9066" and "Mericans" authors Dwight Okita and Sandra Cisneros provide the topic of American identity and what it means to be an American. In Okita’s poem‚ American identity is more about how one experiences culture than it is about where someone comes from. Both the poem by Okita and the short story by Cisneros display that one’s physical appearances
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