Shane Mahon Mango Street Post Reading Section 2 English 10B A 8 February 2016 What stuck out most in this section is in the chapter Gil’s Furniture Bought and Sold‚ when the line “... you could be in there a long time before your eyes notice a pair of gold glasses floating in the dark.” This line stuck out to me because if I ever just saw floating glasses in a pitch black building I would be scared. However Esperanza is not It makes me think how our society and theirs are different. Another
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surroundings‚ specifically the environment where we lived. Esperanza has been affected by her surrounding because she didn’t live in a good environment that she can be proud of her‚ but rather be ashamed and feel uncomfortable. In the book‚ The House on Mango Street‚ Esperanza states‚ “The way she
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The biggest decision people make is deciding who they are. In the story The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros‚ the author creates a conflict of Esperanza’s internal struggle to find her identity‚ reminding us that the decision of who you are can be life or death. We first learn about this conflict when Esperanza is talking about her name‚ and how it doesn’t present her as who she is. Throughout the story‚ Esperanza realizes that people judge her due to the fact that she only shows them the
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character in the book “The House on Mango Street” ‚Esperanza‚ she had faced many challenges when she was trying to find her own identity‚ and those struggles have changed her throughout the novel. But at the end‚ what defines her is the ability to write and tell stories. On the other hand‚ I had also gone through many struggles throughout my childhood‚ which had made me who I am today. My booklet includes three vignettes that are different time period‚ in which showed how I have changed through my
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Because the story is set in a lower-class neighborhood‚ most characters who live there want to escape. For some‚ it is just the neighborhood. For example‚ in one of the earlier vignettes‚ Cathy and her family would like to move before the neighborhood gets too bad for them. However for most of Esperanza’s friends‚ who happen to be women‚ an escape means not feeling so trapped in their daily lives. Rafaela’s husband quite literally locks her in her home each day. To attempt and escape this‚ Rafaela
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In the twelfth chapter of Thomas C. Foster’s How to Read Literature Like a Professor‚ Foster analyzes symbols‚ and the great influences they have in literature. To begin the chapter‚ Foster compares and explains the differences between symbols and allegories. Symbolism is a broad category‚ and allegories fit under it’s immense hierarchy. Furthermore‚ symbols “involve a range of possible means and interpretations”‚ while allegories have single and specific answers (105). Foster continues by stating
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Tim O’Brian and Thomas C. Foster are both fantastic authors. They both have written fantastic titles‚ The Thing They Carried ( By Tim) and How To Read Literature Like A Professor (by Thomas). Even though they were published in different years and different parts of the world‚ they still are very similar. One is about war and the other one on literature‚ but when examined you can clearly see religious influences in their writing. Oddly enough‚ they are influenced by many of the same ideas. In the
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and danced with the scarlet leaves. The streets‚ evenly lined with trees donned with golden hues‚ looked like that out of a picture. Everything was beautiful in this moment in time. Everything was perfect. The golden‚ crisp leaves crunch underneath my high-heeled boots. As I walk through this masterpiece rain begins to softly fall. I pull my red pea coat together‚ and quickly hurry to my townhouse. I see my neighbor‚ Andrew‚ and quickly
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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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writes about this in his book How to Read Like a Professor: For about as long as anyone’s been writing anything‚ the seasons have stood for the same set of meanings. Maybe it’s hard-wired into us that spring has to do with childhood and youth‚ summer with adulthood and romance and fulfillment and passion‚ autumn with decline and middle age and tiredness but also harvest‚ winter with old age and resentment and death. (178) As a result of this‚ when someone reads the line‚ "I had that familiar
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