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“The House on Mango Street,” written by Sandra Cisneros, illustrates the life of a young girl whose family moves several times. People judge the girl’s house because of the condition of the house. The judgements make her want to one day have a better life for herself which ties in with the theme that people can be harsh in the way they perceive others and their belongings. One must not let those people deter oneself but rather take the negative perception and use it to drive one’s own goals. The…

In The House on Mango Street, written by Sandra Cisneros, there are many themes. Some of these themes are universal as well as specific to the era/setting of the book, the 1990s in a Mexican American low income neighborhood. One of the major themes would be words have power. The protagonist, Esperanza, learns the power of controlling languages starting by names. On page 11 it states, “In English my name means hope. In Spanish it means too many letters. It means sadness, it means waiting.” She…

Sandra Cisneros wrote the House on Mango Street. Sandra was born in Chicago on December 20, 1954. She is the third child in a family of seven children and is the only daughter. Her fathers name is Alfredo Cisneros de Moral, and her mothers name is Elvira Cardero Anguiano. Esperanza’s father was originally from Mexico, who was less dominant than the other father figures in the neighborhood. He worked the majority of the time and was rarely home. Esperanza’s mother grew up in the United States.…

This short novel is The house on Mango Street. By Sandra Cisneros.This book is about a girl named Esperanza. She’s a young girl who isn’t confident about where she lives. Later she is getting confident about where she lives and she notices changes about her body. Last of all, she starts making her own choices in her life. In the beginning of the novel, Esperanza is a young insecure child who is insecure about her new life on Mango Street. The first time we see Esperanza’s insecurity is when…

A Book Review of Where is the Mango Princess and the Effects of Traumatic Brain Injury Where is the Mango Princess is a tragic, heart wrenching, and deeply personal account of how traumatic brain injury affected the life of, author, Cathy Crimmins (2000) and the lives of her entire family. Crimmins wrote this account in order to share her experience of living and caring for a person with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and to help those in the same position as her to cope with the myriad of…

Sandra Cisneros Sandra Cisneros one of the most famous Hispanic authors. She was born in December 20, 1954 in Chicago (Sandra Cisneros Biography). She has six sibling and she is the only female of the family (Gloria A. Duarte-Valverde). Her father was Mexican and her mother was Mexican American; which names were Elvira Cordero Cisneros and Alfredo Cisneros Del Moral (Gloria A. Duarte-Valverde). In her childhood her family would travel mostly all the time, and because of that she felt like if…

In The House on Mango Street, a coming-of-age novel narrated by a young Mexican-American girl, Sandra Cisneros shows that the places people live shape their identities and lay the foundation upon which they create the rest of their lives. As much as Esperanza dislikes Mango Street, the impoverished neighborhood in which she grows up, her experiences there define her formative years and become a fundamental part of who she is. It is the lens through which she sees the world and discovers herself…

The novella, The House on Mango Street written by Sandra Cisneros is about a young latina girl named Esperanza that is growing up in Chicago in 1984. Throughout Esperanza’s life she has been exposed to rough experiences that have shaped her into the girl she is today. Esperanza’s identity as a strong, independent and determined girl. In Esperanza’s life there have been many challenges she has had to deal with such as poverty, sexual assault and the stereotype of what a woman is and how one is…

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 is a series of vignettes by Sandra Cisneros that records stories of Esperanza’s life on Mango Street in a chronological order. As she experiences things on Mango Street and matures emotionally and sexually, the vignettes transitioned from innocent childlike observations of the world to sharper reasoning of the cultural and social changes that’s happening in the Mango Street community. Sexuality and freedom are prominent themes throughout the novel. Withe use of symbols…