An author’s literary works are often influenced by the real experiences, whether positive or negative, that they are faced with throughout their lifetime.Sandra Cisneros, a Mexican -American novelist, poet, and short story writer, grew up in Chicago during the 1960’s; she was divided between her Mexican and American cultures. Cisneros focuses her literary works on the Latino experience and women’s experience in the United States as well as topics such as oppression, poverty, and feminism. She has won many awards for her accomplishments in literature. Cisneros’ life impacted her works because of her cultural background, her living conditions, and her perspective on topics other people didn’t understand. A way in which Sandra Cisneros’ life affected
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By this story Cisneros incorporates the aspect of not being fully accepted as a Mexican by the Mexican community by not being able to do common Mexican woman things. Cisneros’ mother didn’t want her to grow up and become a housewife like her so she didn’t make her do the common chores. The short story relates to Cisneros’ mother because her mother was Mexican-American and her father was fully Mexican. Due to this there was sort of a disconnect between the maternal and paternal families. Another example of when Cisneros felt culturally divided was by when her family moved a lot from Mexico to …show more content…
“She has many troubles, but her big one is her husband who left and keeps leaving. One day she is through and lets him know enough is enough. Out the door he goes. .. But that night he comes back and sends a big rock through the window. Then he is sorry and she opens the door again… Next week she comes over black and blue and asks what can she do?”(Cisneros 85) Minerva, a character in The House on Mango Street, deals with hardships such as being in an abusive relationship with her husband and can not do anything about it. Cisneros, having knowledge on this topic due to real people she had known on her trips that were affected by drunk and abusive husbands was able to portray this into one of the characters in The House on Mango Street. While attending higher education, Cisneros came across topics she could actually write well about. “ … she decided to write about subjects and memories close to her life but foreign to her classmates: third-floor flats, fear of rats, drunk and abusive husbands, all unpoetic subjects. Cisneros began writing autobiographical sketches about her life experiences and continues to write about "those ghosts that haunt [her], that will not [let] her
By this story Cisneros incorporates the aspect of not being fully accepted as a Mexican by the Mexican community by not being able to do common Mexican woman things. Cisneros’ mother didn’t want her to grow up and become a housewife like her so she didn’t make her do the common chores. The short story relates to Cisneros’ mother because her mother was Mexican-American and her father was fully Mexican. Due to this there was sort of a disconnect between the maternal and paternal families. Another example of when Cisneros felt culturally divided was by when her family moved a lot from Mexico to …show more content…
“She has many troubles, but her big one is her husband who left and keeps leaving. One day she is through and lets him know enough is enough. Out the door he goes. .. But that night he comes back and sends a big rock through the window. Then he is sorry and she opens the door again… Next week she comes over black and blue and asks what can she do?”(Cisneros 85) Minerva, a character in The House on Mango Street, deals with hardships such as being in an abusive relationship with her husband and can not do anything about it. Cisneros, having knowledge on this topic due to real people she had known on her trips that were affected by drunk and abusive husbands was able to portray this into one of the characters in The House on Mango Street. While attending higher education, Cisneros came across topics she could actually write well about. “ … she decided to write about subjects and memories close to her life but foreign to her classmates: third-floor flats, fear of rats, drunk and abusive husbands, all unpoetic subjects. Cisneros began writing autobiographical sketches about her life experiences and continues to write about "those ghosts that haunt [her], that will not [let] her