Sandra Cisneros Essay

There are millions of people living below the poverty line, 14.5% in America; many of these people don’t have a home or a nice place to live. In the book “The House on Mango Street”, by Sandra Cisneros, a young girl, Esperanza, struggles with living in a poor neighborhood and her concept of what home is to her. Throughout the book she learns what home really is, and her perception of home changes. While there are other conflicts in the book, this internal/external conflict is the most important…

The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros portrays the life of Esperanza, a young girl from Chicago, who hopes to laugh at the carnival with her friend Sally. Instead, in the chapter titled Red Clowns, she is faced with the brutal sides of life. Esperanza is forgotten by her friend Sally, and left to stand at the carnival and wait for her to return. Esperanza’s lack of wisdom and experience causes her to misjudge the past actions of her own friend. Finally, she learns the ultimate lesson…

grow up facing the problems she has with being hispanic and growing up a women. Each vignette has its own problems that females have to struggle with and inequality to represent the female experience in some way. In “The House on Mango Street,” Sandra Cisneros uses symbolism of the shoes to develop a loss of innocence and growing up and having to learn to fast about sexuality and gender, it shows a lot about inequality because…

If Esperanza lived in a different neighborhood, she would lose her innocence at a different age because of the environmental difference. The novel, The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros is about a house on Mango Street in a location where the culture was similar to the families around them. The protagonist, Esperanza is told, “ Them are dangerous, he says. You girls too young to be wearing shoes like that. Take them shoes off before I call the cops, but we just run” (41). The high-heels…

Racism has perpetually been an ongoing dilemma that is adversely seen throughout history. Given that, it can even occur in the everyday lives of the people around you or everyone will have likely seen it happen at some point in their life. It is discrimination directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior. Nevertheless, It can have an effect others to There is some many examples of racism towards all kinds of races’ throughout history, like the…

some form of sexism. That can be catcalling, lower wages than men, societal gender roles, lack of an education, or abuse because of your gender. These acts of sexism severely diminish a woman’s view of herself. In The House On Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, the main character Esperanza and the other women in her community face the constant struggles and effects that sexism has on them. The Help by Kathryn Stockett also presents the effect of sexism in her characters when they try to change…

Sandra Cisneros' A House on Mango Street is about a young lady who is being affected by the women that are in her life. In an article on The House on Mango street Dian Klein says, "In The House on Mango Street is an ironic twist to the guidance of mentors, for often Esperanza is guided by examples of women she does not want to emulate, such as Sally and Rafaela" (Klein, 24). In the three vignettes that Cisneros uses are "Louie, His Cousin & His Other Cousin", "Rafaela Who Drinks Coconut & Papaya…

affect her perspective and identity when she comments how “They are the only ones who understand me. I am the only one who understands them. Four skinny trees with skinny necks and pointy elbows like mine. Four who do not belong here but are here.” (Cisneros 73-74) This quote tells readers that Esperanza feels like she doesn’t belong on Mango Street, but there she is and she also feels like she is “trapped”. This affected her perspective on life because it Esperanza gave a negative outlook on…

Women are some of earth’s most unique and underrated creatures. They are not weak, they are not emotional, and they are not the negative stereotypes that the world describes them as.“Trifles,” “Story of an Hour,” and “My Wicked Wicked Ways,” presents us with three women who are strong, mentally and emotionally. These three women: Mrs. Wright, Mrs. Mallard, and the speaker’s mother stories all relate in a way. The three ladies all relate in the way of being emotionally and physically tied to…

grandparents we should always love them. In literature there is a universal theme about it. In the folktale “The Old Grandfather and His Little Grandson” retold by Leo TolStoy, it talks about how we could love them even after hurting them. In Sandra Cisneros Poem “Abuelito Who” she shows love to her grandfather that is gone. So these two stories have the same universal theme. Grandchildren should always love and respect their grandparents. The story “The Old Grandfather and His Little Grandson”…