“You must keep writing. It will keep you free.” Art can be a powerful voice for people who can’t speak out about their own struggles, and Mango Street was written to show the harsh realities of life for chicanx and latinx people that are often overlooked. The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros is a series of vignettes from the perspective of a young girl named Esperanza. The story follows her while she grows up in Chicago and has experiences that change her worldview and how she sees others. It explores concepts like poverty, death, misogyny and violence through her eyes. Sandra Cisneros carefully crafted Esperanza’s voice, her diction and poetic language to shape the meaning of the story. Esperanza narrates with simple but powerful language,
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Sentences in Mango Street are all short and often fragmented. This lets the reader pause, so that meaningful lines .have more impact because the reader can let everything sink in. An example of where this has been used effectively is Four Skinny Trees, “They are the only ones who understand me. I am the only one who understands them… Four who do not belong here but are here… Their strength is secret. They send ferocious roots beneath the ground… Four whose only reason is to be and be.” (Page 75) Not only do these sentences cause the reader to think deeper about what she has said, but they also help to convey the more intense emotions in Mango Street. They sound like Esparanza is sharing her unfiltered, deepest thoughts, as if she is speaking as she thinks, and other times, she sounds like she is going to burst into …show more content…
Esperanza, the narrator, speaks concisely and simply, but powerfully. Each sentence is filled with emotion and meaning, and her accessible language allows the reader to experience the authentic emotion Cisneros was trying to convey. The themes of death, misogyny, poverty, racism and violence in the story are shown through Esperanza 's childlike eyes, and so her message is more impactful. Mango Street was a voice for those who wont or can 't advocate for their own hardships, and Cisneros delivered her message
Sentences in Mango Street are all short and often fragmented. This lets the reader pause, so that meaningful lines .have more impact because the reader can let everything sink in. An example of where this has been used effectively is Four Skinny Trees, “They are the only ones who understand me. I am the only one who understands them… Four who do not belong here but are here… Their strength is secret. They send ferocious roots beneath the ground… Four whose only reason is to be and be.” (Page 75) Not only do these sentences cause the reader to think deeper about what she has said, but they also help to convey the more intense emotions in Mango Street. They sound like Esparanza is sharing her unfiltered, deepest thoughts, as if she is speaking as she thinks, and other times, she sounds like she is going to burst into …show more content…
Esperanza, the narrator, speaks concisely and simply, but powerfully. Each sentence is filled with emotion and meaning, and her accessible language allows the reader to experience the authentic emotion Cisneros was trying to convey. The themes of death, misogyny, poverty, racism and violence in the story are shown through Esperanza 's childlike eyes, and so her message is more impactful. Mango Street was a voice for those who wont or can 't advocate for their own hardships, and Cisneros delivered her message