In the three texts “Where Worlds Collide”, “Everyday use”, and House on Mango Street the reader gets to see how people live and perceive America from a different perspective rather than a white person’s. Usually one would be looking through a white person’s eyes because everyone seems to think that white people’s opinions are the only one’s in America that matter. Throughout these texts the reader gets to know what it’s like to see what America is like not through a rich and healthy white person’s eyes but through someone who actually has ethnic minority struggles they have to deal with on a daily basis. Through these texts the main characters develop different senses of understanding and a more culturally expanded mentality. They get different
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On that street there are multiple characters in which come and go but all impact the main character Esperanza’s life and perspective drastically. Esperanza notices that people don’t really come onto her street unless they live there in which she states “Those who don 't know any better come into our neighborhood scared. They think we 're dangerous. They think we will attack them with shiny knives. They are stupid people who are lost and got here by mistake.”, she gets that people have a different perspective on where she lives than she does (Cisneros chapter 12 ). Esperanza growing up throughout the story shows the reader how a new scenery and different characters can affect a person’s perspective on their life and on other’s lives. Esperanza also notes the difference in class between those of rich and poor, stating that “People who live on hills sleep so close to the stars they forget those of us who live too much on earth. They don 't look down at all except to be content to live on hills. They have nothing to do with last week 's garbage or fear of rats.” (Cisneros chapter 34 ) . Esperanza develops a more adapted cultural mentality due to there being different heavy influences on her life, such as friends and neighbors. They show Esperanza their perspective on things which in return lets her grow up into a more mature adult as the text goes on. The way her neighborhood is pretty diverse helps Esperanza develop a culturally broader perspective on things like how others have traditions or act in their own homes and
On that street there are multiple characters in which come and go but all impact the main character Esperanza’s life and perspective drastically. Esperanza notices that people don’t really come onto her street unless they live there in which she states “Those who don 't know any better come into our neighborhood scared. They think we 're dangerous. They think we will attack them with shiny knives. They are stupid people who are lost and got here by mistake.”, she gets that people have a different perspective on where she lives than she does (Cisneros chapter 12 ). Esperanza growing up throughout the story shows the reader how a new scenery and different characters can affect a person’s perspective on their life and on other’s lives. Esperanza also notes the difference in class between those of rich and poor, stating that “People who live on hills sleep so close to the stars they forget those of us who live too much on earth. They don 't look down at all except to be content to live on hills. They have nothing to do with last week 's garbage or fear of rats.” (Cisneros chapter 34 ) . Esperanza develops a more adapted cultural mentality due to there being different heavy influences on her life, such as friends and neighbors. They show Esperanza their perspective on things which in return lets her grow up into a more mature adult as the text goes on. The way her neighborhood is pretty diverse helps Esperanza develop a culturally broader perspective on things like how others have traditions or act in their own homes and