Sandra Cisneros Essay

Perhaps the most unique novel in the realm of storytelling is The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, which tells the coming of age story of Esperanza, a young Latina girl in Chicago, through the use of vignettes and indirect storytelling. Throughout the novel, Cisneros utilizes vignettes almost as if they were diary entries, showing abbreviated clips from Esperanza’s life, and telling her story and the stories of other characters though specific detailed and emotional moments. This method…

is happiest, secure, comforted, and accepted. Sandra Cisneros juggles with the idea of self-acceptance in her novella, The House on Mango Street. Esperanza is a young, Mexican-American girl, growing up on Mango Street, facing the challenges of self-acceptance. Cisneros writes Esperanza’s stories and thoughts, both the good and the bad, along her journey. Esperanza’s negative view of herself changes as she discovers her role in her community. Cisneros shows knowing and accepting where one comes…

Cisneros has received many awards for her literature, including the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship in 1995 and the Texas Medal of the Arts Award in 2003. Some of her literary works include “Caramelo, My Wicked Wicked Ways, Loose Woman, Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories.” (Cisneros) The book Cisneros is most famous for is her book “The House on Mango Street,” and dedicated this book “A las Mujeres,” “To the Women.” (Cisneros) The House on Mango Street is centered on one of Cisneros main…

Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago, Illinois on December 20, 1954.She was the only daughter of seven kids and was bossed around by her brothers. Her family consistantly moved between Chicago and Mexico City resulting in her not having any friends and feeling out of place. She read fairy tales and fantasy books to escape the lonelieness she experienced. They bought their first house in the north side of Chicago. It was a small, red bungalow and it didn’t have much privacy . She wrote poetry as a…

mature, not everyone looks forward to the countless burdens of being a grown-up. One of these people is Sandra Cisneros, the author of The House on Mango Street. The main character of her book is Esperanza, a young girl who must grow up fast not only to stay safe in the shady neighborhood her family resides in, but to hold her family together through tough times as well. Through her story, Sandra Cisneros expresses to the reader that growing up is difficult to accept, but necessary to survive.…

yet they have proven to not let that be a barrier towards their goals and success. Both Sandra Cisneros and Helena Maria Viramontes use various narrative strategies like the Control and Exercise of Chicana Sexuality, Bildungsroman Novel, and the Reinterpretation of Myths to break with traditional stereotypes of women as passive and subservient to men. In “Woman Hollering Creek” by Sandra Cisnero, Cisneros writes about Cleofilas, a woman who is trapped in the stereotypical assigned gender role…

In 1996, Sandra Cisneros bought a house in the historic King William neighborhood of San Antonio, Texas. She made improvements to her home and painted it purple to reflect her Tejano heritage. However, her neighbors felt that the purple did not abide by the housing regulations of the neighborhood and petitioned the local commission to force Cisneros to change the color. I believe Sandra Cisneros should/shouldn’t be able to keep her house purple. In her personal essay, Cisneros asserts that her…

Society has developed the concept of social class to categorize people into different groups based on their economic status. Social class makes everyone's lives extremely different. In The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros, many themes are revealed. One of them includes the theme of social class. The series of vignettes illustrates a young girl, Esperanza, growing up in a Latino area of Chicago. In The House on Mango Street, Esperanza belongs to a low social class and lives in a…

The House on Mango Street. By. Sandra Cisneros. New York: A Division of Random House, Inc., 1984. 110 pages. Paperback. $5.00. In her book, “The House on Mango Street”, author Sandra Cisneros documents through a series of vignettes the life experiences of a young girl, Esperanza, whose living situation is not one that she prefers, she describes the struggles, dilemmas and embarrassments that this young girl has to endure throughout her life in a place that is difficult for her to call home. The…

In the short story “Eleven”, Sandra Cisneros depicts Rachel as a shy and awkward child who is alienated in her social life due to being insecure. Cisneros uses various figurative devices and language to show Rachel’s exterior personality as well as her wise, but arrogant thoughts. Rachel’s lack of dialogue showing her adversity to speaking up and going against the social norms shows the reader that she is insecure about her personality. She is so opposed to speaking against her teacher, an…