How Does The Direct Characterization Of The House On Mango Street
The House on Mango Street shows the reader the life of a Mexican-American girl through the character's eyes. Only, the story isn't just about her ethnicity and poor environment, it's about finding a home and growing up. Everybody could learn a lot from her. She teaches people of determination, inner strength, and connections that can't always be explained. Cisneros' vignettes read like individual stories with one big purpose and that in itself is beautiful. In The House on Mango Street she creates a person with their own thoughts and ambitions that she has to actually work for, something most of us take for granted. "Not a flat. Not an apartment in back. Not a man's house. Not a daddy's house. A house all my own," (108). She is dead set on having her own house. She has a goal in life and while it may seem simple to most people, it's just as important.
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"Because I am the oldest, my father has told me first and now it it my turn to tell the others. I will have to explain why we can't play. I will have to tell them to be quiet today," (56). Instead of wallowing and wishing to undo what cannot be undone, she supports her father and I think that is just one of the instances where she shows us how strong she is as a person. "Their strength is secret," (74). While she is described as a lonely girl with disobedient hair (6), she has enough willpower and brains to take her
"Because I am the oldest, my father has told me first and now it it my turn to tell the others. I will have to explain why we can't play. I will have to tell them to be quiet today," (56). Instead of wallowing and wishing to undo what cannot be undone, she supports her father and I think that is just one of the instances where she shows us how strong she is as a person. "Their strength is secret," (74). While she is described as a lonely girl with disobedient hair (6), she has enough willpower and brains to take her