The House on Mango Street Essay

The major strength of this novel is that the genre of “coming-of-age” and young adult will always be relevant because the audiences of these genres will always be looking for a new book to read or relate to. The biggest market, ages 18-25, is an audience that turns to books to help deal with the challenges of growing up and what comes with balancing school, relationships, drugs, and rebellion. For older readers, this novel is a way to reminisce and read a story about a punk kid, much like…

Not just actual homelessness without any kind of shelter but even the house/apartment jumpers who still don’t have an actual home. A home is permeant, a place of safeness, and happiness. The “House on Mango Street” by Sandra Cisneros is a short story on house jumping. Moving time and time again in hopes of finding an actually home. The average person moves 11.7 times in their life time. However, this is just an average…

stomach was in knots. We stepped out of the plane and the very first thing I noticed was the beautiful scenery and how much it complimented the 73° weather. Immense palm trees lined the streets like Christmas in July. Some bared colorful flowers just beneath the branches while others overflowed with fruits like mangos, papayas, and pineapples. I was overwhelmed, the scenery was…

of us and the amount of the work that will come in the following years. As time moves forward, we grow in stature physically, and mentally. I noticed this once I entered high school and began to be assigned papers that were 4 pages based on House on Mango Street. Which was one of my first assignments for the first semester in high school that's where I understood that reading and writing will be needed to be at the highest level. Reading is a cross-road between the author and as the reader who…

It all started with Ben & Jerry’s that fateful night in June. AnneMarie strutted over while the gang was busy solving mysteries and playing cards on the grass outside the dorm building. Beaming eyes portrayed to the gang a tale of risk. Or perhaps just a tale of delight when the goodies lounging in the white plastic bag she held were revealed, though this all went unnoticed by me. The game at hand had me enraptured until one ear became deaf from a shriek of glee. Glancing up and trying to…

how possessive the home is and how much it affects the main female character. This bibliographic essay will start from the most constricting home, which is from Beloved, and continue on to less and less defining homes, such the home in The House on Mango Street. I am starting with Beloved because this book has the most blatant examples of how home can define a woman, as well as some of the most violent and physical forms of domination by the home. Sethe is haunted by her home and the event…

In my second critical reading exercise I wrote more than my last one. I included three paragraphs and I started off my assignment with, “In Sherman Alexie’s short story, “Indian Education”, includes many concepts of the genre conventions, such as being alienated from his society and feeling left alone to solve his own problems. However, Alexie also modified some genre conventions such as conflict of generations”. This introduction is different from my last critical reading assignment because…

Elena Poniatowska: A Mexican Superhero Not all superheroes wear capes. French born Mexican author Elena Poniatowska focuses her writing her writings on women and children, and acts as an advocate for people whom she feels have no voice. Elena Poniatowska also known as “Mexico’s grande dame of letter”, author of Massacre in Mexico, became known for her ability combine facts with fiction and specializing in political and social issues that has influenced many writers today. Poniatowska…

SMILES What’s the first thing you look at when you see someone? Is it their hair, they’re eyes, they’re nose, or is it their little imperfections? For me it’s their teeth, they’re smile, so brilliant in each unique little way. My family is most important. I need them to survive, just like a human needs food and water. Each day I see them differently. Maybe one day they’re sad or maybe one day they’re happy, each day I get a better understanding of them. Of who they are. And with those days I…

known mass killings to have been witnessed during American Revolution in early 17th century. The massacre was originally known as ‘the Bloody massacre in king street’ as it was referred by Paul Revere. It took place in Boston, Massachusetts on March 5, 1770, the riots began from the group of 50 citizens who had converged outside State House protesting against the large number of British soldiers present in the city. The presence of soldiers in the city was to protect the customers…