House on Mango Street Study Question Key “The House on Mango Street” (section 1) 1. Esperanza is the narrator of this story. What is her attitude toward the house on Mongo Street? -She does not like the house. It is not their dream house. It is falling apart. The family owns this house‚ so they are no longer subject to the whims of landlords‚ and at the old apartment‚ a nun made Esperanza feel ashamed about where she lived. The house on Mango Street is an improvement‚ but it is still not
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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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Esperanza’s first friend in the new neighborhood of Mango Street. Cathy’s family moved out the week after Esperanza’s family moved in. She discouraged Esperanza from becoming friends with Rachel and Lucy. She was one of the few characters who were not from Mexico or Latin America. The chapter 5 and chapter 6 and throughout chapter 8 of the book called‚ The House On Mango Street; represent an ethnic picture from both the past and the present of Mango Street and the surrounding neighborhood. Cathy‚ Esperanza’s
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strong I ask The Lord to follow me I’ve been unfaithful I don’t know why You call on me This is my canvas I’m a paint it how I want it baby‚ oh I This is my canvas I’m a paint it‚ paint it‚ paint it‚ how I want it nigga Fuck you cause there There is no right or wrong Only a song I like to write alone Be in my zone Think back to Forest Hills‚ no perfect home But the only thing like home I’ve ever known Until they snatched it from my mama And foreclosed her on the loan I’m so sorry that I left you there
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The Power of Language Throughout The House on Mango Street‚ particularly in “No Speak English‚” those who are not able to communicate effectively (or at all) are relegated to the bottom levels of society. Mamacita moves to the country to be with her husband‚ and she becomes a prisoner of her apartment because she does not speak English. She misses home and listens to the Spanish radio station‚ and she is distraught when her baby begins learning English words. His new language excludes her. Similarly
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The main character in The House on Mango Street Esperanza Cordero‚ written by Sandra Cisneros‚ is living the complete opposite of Daisy. Her family and her live in this really poor neighborhood in Chicago. Her parents struggled really hard to support the family and they have to move around from different homes all the time. Esperanza is this really curious‚ innocent‚ naive‚ and nice girl. She cares about her family so much‚ but at the same time is a little embarrassed by the fact that they live in
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The Women on Mango Street "Esperanza. I have inherited [my great grandmother’s] name‚ but I don’t want to inherit her place by the window." Young Esperanza’s opening thoughts in Sandra Cisneros’ The House on Mango Street begins with the introduction of a surprisingly insightful disadvantaged Hispanic girl named Esperanza‚ who has just moved into a poor Latino neighborhood. Esperanza’s opening remarks foreshadow a theme that continues to develop throughout the entire novel‚ cumulating piece by piece
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be different. She dreamt she was out dancing at the corner. She felt marvelous. Esperanza thinks she is an ugly daughter since she is wild. She does not achieve. She is intractable. She does not clean up her own chaos‚ “I am one who leaves the table like a man‚ without putting back the chair or picking up the plate”.She is appalled. She is appalled with herself. She is annoyed that she let shame rule. She was astute‚ but she was bashful. That shame affected her to make a bad choice. She is appalled
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that they want to do‚ people being discriminated against‚ and etc. It is very sad and depressing and that is not how we should live our lives. In fact‚ I have been a victim of discrimination. In 7th grade‚ I really wanted to learn how to solve a Rubik’s Cube. I went to the store to buy a Rubik’s Cube and when I went to go pay for it the cashier says to me‚ “You are too young to learn how to do that. You will never learn.” I replied‚ “Wanna bet?” This encouraged me to want to learn to figure it out
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The House on Mango street is a feminist piece of literature because it brings attentions to the sexist way the men in Esperanza’s society regard women. Esperanza tells her story by focusing on the women around her who are owned by the dominant men in their lives due to restricting gender roles that encompasses not only women but men. “My great-grandfather threw a sack over her head and carried her off...She (Esperanza’s grandmother) looked out the window her whole life‚ the way so many women sit
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