The House on Mango Street Essay

Literature can express many kinds of opinions, feelings, and experiences. Literature can even be defined as the mirror of society because after all, those emotions, experiences and opinions expressed in literature are influenced by the society. Representations of minorities is an example of what we see in literature and in society. As a matter of fact, representations of minorities in literature has become more and more popular. Literature can portray minorities in a particular way with the…

from the Borderland”. Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954. Born to a Mexican father and a Chicano mother. During her childhood, she moved frequently and she also visited her paternal grandmother in Mexico a lot. Cisneros novel "The House on Mango Street," about a young Latina woman coming of age in Chicago has sold more than two million copies she also won two fellowships from the National Endowment for the arts. In the article Cisneros describes her life growing up as the only daughter…

All of these symbols represent something else to Hà and her family than what an ordinary person would think. The papaya in Inside Out And Back Again represents hope and life. A papaya is a bright green and yellow fruit that is in the shape of a mango but bigger. It has black seeds inside in which new papayas will grow one day. In the book, Hà carelessly threw one of many papaya seeds out of her bedroom window. Over a period of time she noticed the seedling coming into the new world of sunlight…

The House on Mango Street Dialect Journals Sandra Cisneros Journal #1 Passages from the Text Page # Commentary Where do you live? She asked. There, I said pointing up to the third floor. You live there? There. I had to look to where she pointed - the third floor, the paint peeling, wooden bars Papa had nailed on the windows so we wouldn’t fall out. 5 In this paragraph in the story, the author does not follow the guidelines for writing as usual. She uses no quotation marks and doesn’t…

I’ve been an American my entire life. I’ve never thought anything of it, nor have I really thought of what it means. As simple or complex as you could make it, it means different things to different people. To some people, it could mean absolutely nothing, but to others it could mean life or death. Then of course, we have people caught in the middle, people who don’t care, others who don’t know, and even people who were not born American. Is there a typical American image in society? Do they…

On Veterans Day 2014, I asked my dad if we could play a round of golf. Since I was a baseball fanatic at the timen, my dad was surprised by my question, but nevertheless he set up a round of golf for us. When I hit a ball off the first tee, I knew I had found a new, strong passion. Although my swing was horrible, I was determined to practice golf everyday to become better. I told my mom about my exhilarating experience on the golf course later that night, and I slowly began to realize that I…

Reyna’s mentor showed her that there were books out there by authors that could relate to her. Reyna learned that there were books that had to do with her culture that she can relate to like The House on Mango Street. I have never read this book, but after hearing it about it struck an interest in me to look into more Latino/a writers. It would be great for me to read more books about my culture that I can learn from. Reyna also talked about a very important…

When I was five years old, I got luxurious gifts from my mother, gifts like trucks, stuffed animals and building blocks to name a few. Toys filled in every part in our house. You could see toys in every colors and shapes in the living room, bedroom, dining room and even outside the compound. At that time, I couldn’t recall which particular toy was my favorite, nor can I remember which toy I disliked the most. The biggest surprise came when my mom bought me my first toy car which was made out of…

in love with love” personally I think this is an accurate way to describe the concepts of 19th and 20th century writers such as Gaskell and Waugh. Similar ideas of an unobtainable dream are explored with other post WWII authors (works like House on Mango Street, and from authors such as Arthur Miller, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and John Steinbeck.) which highlighted the American dream, which created empty hope of a better life. The challenges in Gaskell’s Victorian condition of England novel mirrored…

some Homeowners’ Associations try to prohibit the display of flags. Although Americans characterize themselves as being proud Americans, our method of showing it is nothing compared to the pride exhibited through the streets of Accra. When we were in front of the Flagstaff House, a building of impressive architecture that serves as the presidential…