Youth and Growing up & Growing up Female
Women and femininity play an important part in the novel “The House On Mango Street,” by Sandra Cisneros. The majority of the characters are predominantly women.The main character and narrator’s views on growing up as a female shaped most of the novel. Esperanza believes beauty is a sign of feminine power, but being beautiful comes with a price, Throughout the novel, Sandra Cisneros's reveals her views of women. In “The House on Mango Street,” Cisneros explores the challenges women face both within their own culture, showing the absence of self control over their lives and physique and presenting the need of women’s rights.
In the vignettes “Alicia Who Sees Mice” and “The First Job,” Cisneros describes …show more content…
Wright states, “ College professors have spent their entire careers trying to understand and solve this problem. They research things like instruction, peer pressure, fear of failure, and parent involvement. Okay I'm not getting a PhD., but I wonder which of these issues is holding me
Petersen, 3 back. “ There is always a theoretical barrier blocking someone from their full potential. For instance, it is Esperanza’s race and gender that is holding her back. In conclusion, Many aspects of The House on Mango Street are shown from Cisneros' point of views.She focuses the novel around the strong women characters. These parts make it very clear that the novel was written by a woman with a strong female point of view. Obviously, growing up female isn’t easy. It wasn’t easy for Esperanza or any of the other female characters in the novel. Esperanza knows what she wants, and she will keep dreaming and striving until she gets it. She says, "I am too strong for her (Mango Street) to keep me here" (Cisneros
Women and femininity play an important part in the novel “The House On Mango Street,” by Sandra Cisneros. The majority of the characters are predominantly women.The main character and narrator’s views on growing up as a female shaped most of the novel. Esperanza believes beauty is a sign of feminine power, but being beautiful comes with a price, Throughout the novel, Sandra Cisneros's reveals her views of women. In “The House on Mango Street,” Cisneros explores the challenges women face both within their own culture, showing the absence of self control over their lives and physique and presenting the need of women’s rights.
In the vignettes “Alicia Who Sees Mice” and “The First Job,” Cisneros describes …show more content…
Wright states, “ College professors have spent their entire careers trying to understand and solve this problem. They research things like instruction, peer pressure, fear of failure, and parent involvement. Okay I'm not getting a PhD., but I wonder which of these issues is holding me
Petersen, 3 back. “ There is always a theoretical barrier blocking someone from their full potential. For instance, it is Esperanza’s race and gender that is holding her back. In conclusion, Many aspects of The House on Mango Street are shown from Cisneros' point of views.She focuses the novel around the strong women characters. These parts make it very clear that the novel was written by a woman with a strong female point of view. Obviously, growing up female isn’t easy. It wasn’t easy for Esperanza or any of the other female characters in the novel. Esperanza knows what she wants, and she will keep dreaming and striving until she gets it. She says, "I am too strong for her (Mango Street) to keep me here" (Cisneros