Blood slides along my body‚ beneath my clothes and down to the floor. It’s warm‚ somehow it feels kind of nice. But it shouldn’t‚ surely this is the end of me‚ surely I’m dying. But I’m standing‚ I’m still standing. My legs beg me to give in‚ to let go and drop to the soft grass below‚ but I’m still standing. I can’t take this anymore‚ somebody find me already‚ please! Aah‚ this is driving me insane. I can’t.. Somebody.. I don’t want to die‚ please help. I can’t do this on my own‚ I’m to weak‚ I’m
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wherever you want.” I looked around the place and saw four customers‚ not including me. They all looked like locals. They appeared used to the surrounding filth. I walked towards a booth a saw the photo hanging above it‚ dusty and old‚ some kind of lake house scene
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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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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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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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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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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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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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In House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros‚ a young Latina girl named Esperanza Cordero‚ grows up in Chicago while going through a series of events throughout her transition from childhood to adulthood. Esperanza‚ excited to grow up and have the boys watch her dance‚ develops hips and soon endures sexual assault and other encounters that are the worst parts of growing up. As her future gets told‚ she is still optimistic of what lies ahead. As Esperanza begins her transition from childhood to adulthood
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This passage suggests that the narrator moves a lot.This sort of lifestyle must be hard as you would have to deal with new schools‚ people‚ and surroundings.This can be a real challenge‚because it’s not easy to adjust to new surroundings every time.I personally can’t relate to the narrator‚because I haven’t moved that much‚ though the times that I have moved I know that adjusting is not always as easy as it looks like.The only puzzle left to solve is why does the narrator move so much? The narrator
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