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    In The House on Mango Street‚ Cisneros depicts how the setting impacts the narrator by using language to show how the narrator’s surrounding influenced her desires. At first the narrator was never one to be conscious of her social status as she was happy just being able to play around but that all changed after her interaction with the nun‚ “The way she said it made me feel like nothing. There. I lived there… I knew then I had to have a real house” (paragraph 10-11). While the word “there” may just

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    February 6‚ 2013 Cynthia Cotto Cc606738@sju.edu Response Paper In the very first vignette Esperanza discusses how her family moved around a lot and even though the house on Mango Street was not the house of their dreams‚ it was a great achievement to own it. Although Esperanza knew they were not moving anytime soon‚ she recognized one advantage; her family was free of landlord management. In my community home ownership is a constant battle and for many simply a dream. I learn the value

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    thrive. She doesn’t feel she belongs on Mango Street and wants to leave it behind. Esperanza was forced to grow up and as a result she had her childhood stolen. She is envious of Nenny’s childhood. She is socially pressured and as a result she was put in a horrible situation. She becomes a little closer to her dad when her grandfather dies‚ but she still stays closer to her mother. Esperanza is determined to reach her goals despite obstacles such as Mango Street. She shows this determinations as she

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    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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    In the narrative "The House On Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros Esperanza goes through some troubles in the reading. In my time of being alive I have also gone through troubles that are similar and also different. First‚ she moved into different house as a child allot. When I was a kid we never really stayed in one place‚ we also moved around and I would always change schools which made it hard to keep and make friends just like her. Second‚ Esperanza did not like her home just because it was falling

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    Journal Entries; AP Eng Ch: 1 In the first chapter of his book‚ Foster lays out the conventions for a quest‚ stating that in most literature‚ modern and classic‚ "every trip is a quest." the novel "the Help" by Kathryn Stockett is not perhaps seen by the unaware reader to be a quest‚ however as it details a journey‚ it can in actuality be broken down into the conventions Foster cleverly recognized: every journey or trip a story embarks upon follows a pattern‚ and that pattern is a quest.

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    you live should not determine how you feel about yourself. In Sandra Cisneros “The house on Mango Street” Esperanza’s was a young girl living in poverty who was embarrassed of where she lived. When a nun saw her playing outside and asked her where she lived she felt as though the nun judged her and disapproved of where she lived “you live there? The way she said it made me feel like nothing”(Cisneros5) Esperanza was already dissatisfied with the three bedroom house that her and her six family members

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    He charges towards the white horizon. He sprints‚ unknownst to what awaits him at the end. Being next to the sand makes him feel empty and although he does not completely know why he’s running‚ he does know he doesn’t want to be near it. The sand makes him feel as if he’s lost something that he cannot recover and rather than face it‚ he runs. He races for a while‚ never looking back‚ trying to depart from the unwanted feelings. Without warning‚ he hears in a far away voice behind him.“Stay in the

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    The House on Mango Street Summary Esperanza Cordero is a young girl growing up in a Hispanic family in Chicago. Poverty forces them to move more times than she can count. we learn about esperanza’s character that she is dreamer Notes The theme of Esperanza being ashamed of her economic status is a prominent one in the book. Esperanza does not exactly feel ashamed of her family; in fact‚ the family is generally close-knit and happy‚ she has dreamt of prosperity from a very young age. When she

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    In Sandra Cisneros’ The House on Mango Street‚ a young Esperanza‚ aged about 12‚ journeys through the life of a maturing female in a run-down Chicago neighborhood. Her story is told through a series of vignettes‚ or brief descriptions of accounts of events‚ which show her experiences when on this endless journey. But in this collection of accounts‚ one seems to stand out. The vignette named A House of My Own immaculately captures the struggles‚ triumphs‚ and dreams of many immigrant women in the

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