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“House on Mango Street”: Childhood
Adolescence
Child
The House on Mango Street
In some works of literature, childhood and adolescence are portrayed as times graced by innocence and a sense of wonder; in other works, they are depicted as times of tribulation and terror. Focusing on a single novel or play, explain how its representation of childhood or adolescence shapes the meaning of the work as a…
The House on Mango Street
Sandra Cisneros
The House on Mango Street
The House on Mango Street is a piece written by Sandra Cisneros, an American of Mexican Heritage. It was published in 1984 and details a year in the life of a young girl, Esperanza Cordero, who moves to Mango Street, a Mexican enclave of Chicago, at the age of twelve. The story deals with relationships,…
The House on Mango Street: Family Unity
Family
The House on Mango Street
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros is a narrative about the importance of family unity in a neighborhood where families are being torn apart by poverty. As the oldest sister, Esperanza feels responsible for her siblings. She is a strong believer of family support and disproves of the Vargas’ large chaotic family. She…
Similes in the House on Mango Street
Sandra Cisneros
The House on Mango Street
Have you ever been forced to move from one home to another? If you have, you know what it feels like to be uprooted away from everything you know and love, and move miles away to something completely new and unknown. Even if you cannot relate to experiencing something like this, try to imagine what…
| author | Sandra Cisneros |
|---|---|
| genre | Novel,Fiction,Bildungsroman |
| originally published | 1983 |
| description | The House on Mango Street is a 1984 novel by Mexican-American author Sandra Cisneros. Structured as a series of vignettes, it tells the story of Esperanza Cordero, a 12-year-old Chicana girl growing up in the Hispanic quarter of Chicago. |
| tone | The tone in 'The House on Mango Street' sways between critical and hopeful. ... Esperanza plans to get out of Mango street and all of its misery but at the same time vows to never forget it. She realizes that it is up to her to make a change in her community and sees it necessary to return 'for the ones who cannot out'., The theme is that some things in life aren't what they seem to be. The tone was hopeful because Esperanza looks forward to the day she leaves Mango street. Quote- " Not a daddy's house all my own. With my porch and my pillows, my pretty purple petunias. |
| quotations | “Marin, under the streetlight, dancing by herself, is singing the same song somewhere. “The bones just open. “You will always be Esperanza. “You gotta be able to know what to do with hips when you get them.” “What matters is for the boys to see us and for us to see them.” |
| narrator | Esperanza |
| information | Pages: 103 (1st edition, paperback) Cover artist: Alejandro Romero LC Class: PS3553.I78 H6 1991 Ending: Esperanza spends time with Alicia at the end of The House on Mango Street, instead of with Sally, who has married and dropped out of middle school. Alicia is pursuing her own form of escape by working hard to attend college, and she has not married., |
