House on Mango Street paper
In the story The House on Mango Street there are different topics for each vignette. One topic that has been repeated in multiple vignettes is abuse and the effect it has on the women in the Mexican culture. Women in the Mexican culture are viewed as less then compared to men so abuse is more prevalent and overlooked then it should be. For example in the vignette “Minerva Writes Poems” Minerva is being physically abused by her husband an keeps going back to him even though he hurts her. It shows that when Esperanza says “She comes over black and blue. There’s nothing I can do.” When it talks about her being black and blue that represents the bruises that he’s inflicted upon her, and when she says “there’s nothing …show more content…
In the vignette “Sally” sally is being emotionally abused by her father due to his strict religious beliefs. Sally’s fathers’ religion doesn’t support the way she dresses or how she wears her makeup. This is shown when Esperanza says “You’ve become a different Sally. You pull your skirt straight, you rub the blue paint off of your eyelids. You don’t laugh, Sally. You look at your feet and walk fast to the house you can’t come out from.” This shows that the words sally’s dad abuses her with has affected her self-esteem and self-confidence immensely. She went from being confident due to being able to express herself to now not being able to laugh and be happy because of her father. “Minerva Writes Poems” and “Sally” both talk about being abused by a male role but the only difference between the two is that Minerva is being physically abused while Sally is being emotionally abused. In the last vignette “Red Clowns” Esperanza was sexually abused by an older man at the carnival. “He said I love you, Spanish girl, I love you, and pressed his sour mouth to mine.” This shows that even a child’s innocence was not as important then this man’s personal satisfaction which has proven to be nothing new throughout this story. All these vignettes have abuse in common the only difference is the type of abuse that these women have been affected by. Minerva was physically abused, Sally was emotionally abused, and Esperanza was sexually
In the story The House on Mango Street there are different topics for each vignette. One topic that has been repeated in multiple vignettes is abuse and the effect it has on the women in the Mexican culture. Women in the Mexican culture are viewed as less then compared to men so abuse is more prevalent and overlooked then it should be. For example in the vignette “Minerva Writes Poems” Minerva is being physically abused by her husband an keeps going back to him even though he hurts her. It shows that when Esperanza says “She comes over black and blue. There’s nothing I can do.” When it talks about her being black and blue that represents the bruises that he’s inflicted upon her, and when she says “there’s nothing …show more content…
In the vignette “Sally” sally is being emotionally abused by her father due to his strict religious beliefs. Sally’s fathers’ religion doesn’t support the way she dresses or how she wears her makeup. This is shown when Esperanza says “You’ve become a different Sally. You pull your skirt straight, you rub the blue paint off of your eyelids. You don’t laugh, Sally. You look at your feet and walk fast to the house you can’t come out from.” This shows that the words sally’s dad abuses her with has affected her self-esteem and self-confidence immensely. She went from being confident due to being able to express herself to now not being able to laugh and be happy because of her father. “Minerva Writes Poems” and “Sally” both talk about being abused by a male role but the only difference between the two is that Minerva is being physically abused while Sally is being emotionally abused. In the last vignette “Red Clowns” Esperanza was sexually abused by an older man at the carnival. “He said I love you, Spanish girl, I love you, and pressed his sour mouth to mine.” This shows that even a child’s innocence was not as important then this man’s personal satisfaction which has proven to be nothing new throughout this story. All these vignettes have abuse in common the only difference is the type of abuse that these women have been affected by. Minerva was physically abused, Sally was emotionally abused, and Esperanza was sexually