The House on Mango Street raises a number of issues that merit further discussion. In this paper you are to choose a vignette and discuss an issue that is raised by the story. Then‚ relate the issue raised by the story to your own life. You need not agree with Cisneros’ take on the issue but in your paper you should use her ideas as a jumping off point for your own understanding of the issue. You will need to use quotations from the text to support your comments about Cisneros and The House on Mango
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The House on Mango Street is a fictional novel made up of interconnected forty-five short vignettes‚ written by a Chicana author Sandra Cisneros. Sandra Cisneros is an American novelist‚ short-story writer‚ essayist‚ and poet‚ born on December 20‚ 1954 in Chicago. Cisneros is one of the first Hispanic-American writers who have achieved commercial success. She is lauded by literary scholars and critics for works which help bring the perspective of Chicana women into the mainstream of literary feminism
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But still‚ it has to be done. It’s strange to have a baby in the house. Is it normal for them to cry all the time? You’d better get used to it. Soon it’ll be your child screaming this place down. Good evening. Good evening‚ baby. - You look tired. - I had a busy day at the hospital. I’ve been on my feet all day
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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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Esperanza‚ from The House On Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros‚ has a twofold revelation as she conquers her fears of ending up in her community’s cycle of poverty and conforming to gender roles‚ then decides to help the women who cannot leave their unfortunate situations. Once Esperanza moves into her house on Mango Street with her family‚ she begins observing the various women who reside there. Though they are all different in their own ways‚ they share the same aspect: they live in poverty with
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As I opened the front door to the house‚ I come in from taking the trash out. "Ugh‚ a mans job." I said angrily. I come in to see all my friends sitting at the dinning room table. Colonel Mustard‚ Miss Scarlet‚ Mrs. Peacock‚ Professor Plum and Mr. Green‚ all looked at me scared. "Scarlet‚" I said "what’s going on?" "Blanche‚ something bad has happened." Miss Scarlet said. I asked her "What’s wrong guys?" "Mr. Boddy is.... he’s.... he’s.... HE’S DEAD!" Mrs. Peacock cried out. "What?!" I yelled
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Where I was going‚ I don’t know. I rolled my eyes‚ hearing her run after me. “Jesus‚ Victoria. We’re just trying to help you. Don’t you want to live in a house? With a family?” this lady didn’t know me. I don’t want to live with a random group of people and just pretend they’re my family. I’m not doing it. And I’m not staying here. I eyed her before speaking‚ “I don’t know you. How do I know I can trust you
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Honey the movers came did you get everything from the garage. Yes‚ did you give the movers the direction to get to the house. Yes‚ they said they will follow us. Tom wake up we’re here look it’s not that bad as you thought see we have a couple neighbors were not in the middle of nowhere. Sadie can you can you wait outside mean while me and the movers put everything inside the house. Ok Dan i’ll start organizing putting things in the tool shed tell Tom to help me because some of the tools are heavy
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husband labored beside also abandoned us. I stepped out of my house in an attempt to catch the attention of one‚ but they all averted their eyes from me. They instead choose
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PROLOGUE The crowd occupied several blocks from the Tokyo side street. The organizers had negotiated with the authorities and were committed to minimize disruptions to the countless pedestrians‚ drivers of cars‚ motorcycles and bicycles and neighbors. The vast majority of attendees were young men dressed in black or dark suits using generally no tie‚ although there were some in leather jackets; there were many veterans‚ eager to remember the glorious hours of the organization occurred of course
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