The Life to Live
Is the dream you living the America dream? The author to the book The House on Mango Street is Sandra ciseros. The main character in the book is Esperanza a girl that she created and has some similar characteristics. The story of The House on Mango Street is about a young girl that struggles with money and lives in a house with two boys and one sister in Chicago. The obstacles to the American Dream are trust/honesty, lack of poverty, and lack of time (family).
First of all, trust and honesty can help everyone when they need it. That’s why it’s the one thing you need to live the America Dream. In the passage it says “But the house on Mango Street is not the way they told it at all (doc A par.5). This quote shows that Esperanza’s family doesn’t have a lot of trust and honesty at first. If her family had that trust and the honesty maybe Esperanza would have been content with the house that her mom and dad bought. Then, the quote “We were using the washroom next door and carrying water over in empty …show more content…
It also could be poor or uncontrollable choices that change your life’s direction. The mother states in paragraph 1, “she knows how to fix a TV but doesn’t know which subway train to take downtown” (doc B par. 1). This is an example of the effects of dropping out of school and not getting the proper education. Esperanza mother says, “Because I didn’t have nice clothes. No clothes but I had brains (doc B par. 4). In this sentence Esperanza mother sarcastically explains why she stopped her education. Her unwise decision leads to lifelong hurdles that she never overcame. In this quote mama expresses, “Yup, she says disgusted, stirring again. I was a smart cookie then,” (doc B par. 5). Mama realized that one bad decision in her life started the ticking of her clock full of dreams. It is very clear that mother knew she missed her one chance at her American
Is the dream you living the America dream? The author to the book The House on Mango Street is Sandra ciseros. The main character in the book is Esperanza a girl that she created and has some similar characteristics. The story of The House on Mango Street is about a young girl that struggles with money and lives in a house with two boys and one sister in Chicago. The obstacles to the American Dream are trust/honesty, lack of poverty, and lack of time (family).
First of all, trust and honesty can help everyone when they need it. That’s why it’s the one thing you need to live the America Dream. In the passage it says “But the house on Mango Street is not the way they told it at all (doc A par.5). This quote shows that Esperanza’s family doesn’t have a lot of trust and honesty at first. If her family had that trust and the honesty maybe Esperanza would have been content with the house that her mom and dad bought. Then, the quote “We were using the washroom next door and carrying water over in empty …show more content…
It also could be poor or uncontrollable choices that change your life’s direction. The mother states in paragraph 1, “she knows how to fix a TV but doesn’t know which subway train to take downtown” (doc B par. 1). This is an example of the effects of dropping out of school and not getting the proper education. Esperanza mother says, “Because I didn’t have nice clothes. No clothes but I had brains (doc B par. 4). In this sentence Esperanza mother sarcastically explains why she stopped her education. Her unwise decision leads to lifelong hurdles that she never overcame. In this quote mama expresses, “Yup, she says disgusted, stirring again. I was a smart cookie then,” (doc B par. 5). Mama realized that one bad decision in her life started the ticking of her clock full of dreams. It is very clear that mother knew she missed her one chance at her American