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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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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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 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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Graffiti sprawled on the wall like blood on a crime scene and a partly destroyed staircase upward. It was apparent that this was bit was not the factory but an old house conjoined to the factory. This house back in its day was a beautiful grand house‚ but now it was like a crack den. “Careful‚ you don’t want to slip‚ trust me.”seab said quietly. Almost all the floorboards had fallen through and old wooden doors were placed on the floor to be walked on
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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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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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It is the hour to be drunken! to escape being the martyred slaves of time‚ being ceaselessly drunk.on war‚ on poetry‚ on virtue as you wish. reads Roy. Midnight approaches‚ and while the peak of activity has passed‚ the city whine’s; a soporific noise neither rises nor falls but is pregnant with trepidation. Inside a room‚ its dark and unnoticeable; but adequate light fills the room as we adjust to the darkness. White wall depict a picture frame like window‚ in that black and luminous square; life
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internal and external factors. An individual’s transition from childhood to adulthood (bildungsroman) is influenced by family and community but also by internal values and ideas. Often‚ these external factors influence the internal factors. In House on Mango Street‚ Cisneros highlights how Esperanza’s coming-of-age is influenced by her community by juxtaposing stereotypical ambitions of Mexican-American girls with Esperanza’s dreams and hopes for her life‚ and revealing Esperanza’s coming-of-age through
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Poverty in The House on Mango Street and America Gasping for air‚ Rose from Titanic clutches the post for support as her mother‚ Ruth‚ forcibly yanks the tight laces on her corset closer. Whipping Rose around‚ Ruth glares straight into Rose’s eyes and admonishes‚” This is not a game! Our situation is precarious. You know that the money is gone!” Rose snaps‚ “Of course I know it’s gone. You remind me every day!” Bitterly‚ Ruth whispers‚ “Your father let us nothing but a legacy of bad debt hidden by
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