Sandra Cisneros

The female quest for autonomy is not uncommon in literature, and Sandra Cisneros’s Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories is no exception. Throughout her novel, Cisneros connects each of her female characters to a Mexican or Chicana historical figure and then works to recreate that character, to pull her from the patriarchal structure in which all women live. The historical characters of Chicana and Mexican history include La Llorona, La Malinche, and the Virgin of Guadalupe, each representing…

In the short story “Woman Hollering Creek,” Sandra Cisneros describes the life of Cleofilas, who grows up in a male dominated household with no mother, just her father and six brothers. Cleofilas learns how to be a woman through watching telenovelas. They teach her how to dress, how to look, and how to love. She believes that, like the telenovelas, she would grow up to find great love and passion. Cleofilas married Juan Pedro Martinez, and soon after realized love is nothing like her telenovelas…

The point of the view in the stories by Sandra Cisneros is usually 3rd person using the words, he, she, and it. The story in third person makes to reader connect to the reader’s emotions. “Salvador inside that wrinkled shirt, inside the throat and each time it speaks.” The author uses the personal pronoun it to describe Salvador because of his hard lifestyle that is described in the passage. I personally feel sad because I would refer to simple things as it (like the garbage can) and I would…

“Mericans” by Sandra Cisneros takes place in a small city in Mexico. From the games Micaela and keeks play, where she plays a German, and he a B-Fifty-two bomber, it is inferred that the story is about a time shortly after World War 2. It tells the story of 3 children born in America waiting outside a church for their grandmother to finish her prayers. While they are waiting, two tourists approach Junior, one of the kids, and offer him gum to let them take a picture of him posing in front of the…

Being a woman is already difficult enough for some of them. There are constant reminders everywhere of how they have to act and what they have to do. Sandra Cisneros’ short story collection Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories discusses the issues that most Chicana women go through in this country. Sandra Cisneros portrays the sense of otherness, fears, battles and worries Chicano women experience in their lives. The two barbies in the story “Barbie-Q” the little girls play with portray the…

In the short stories “Straw into Gold” by Sandra Cisneros and the autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X, the theme of overming the battles of life is prevalent through the use of pathos. Using emotion and sentiments to bring the readers the feeling of being at the same situation as they were. The main target of these two short stories were young people who have ever felt by their own in a conflict situation. Sandra cisneros could encourage the readers sharing her surpise of having…

and ethnic identity but by their common values and belief in individual freedom. As these two writers "Dwight Okita" and "Sandra Cisneros" were highly influenced by the American culture remind us how it was in the 1800s. "In Response to Executive Order 9066: All Americans of Japanese Descent Must Report to Relocation Centers” by Dwight Okita, and “Mericans” by Sandra Cisneros published experiences about the topic of American identity. They are both similar but Okita's poem is more likely about…

Mexican Women Condemnation: Media, Tradition, and Education In the “Woman Hollering Creek”, Sandra Cisneros makes use of several short stories to expose and inequalities present in Mexican Culture against women. From a very young age, most Mexican girls are expected to take the household responsibilities as their core duty, unlike their male counterparts who have little to no responsibilities--for them-- is just tradition. Once a woman reaches adolescence in the Mexican Culture,…

This essay discusses the similarities and differences between three writers; Frederick Douglass, Malcolm X, and Sandra Cisneros. These writers all had different views on reading and writing, but some of the aspects of their experience were similar. Also all these writers had difficulties while trying to learn to read and write but they accomplished them and met their goal. Some things to compare about the three writers are how they were all in a way imprisoned while learning, they all had a…

In the short story Only Daughter by Sandra Cisneros, Sandra is challenged by being the only daughter in the family of six sons. Her father believes that Sandra should go to school so she can find a good man. While Sandra believes she should go to school to complete her education goal. Because the different beliefs between the two, Sandra 's father fails to acknowledge he has only one daughter and refers to her as a son. Sandra Being referred to as a son puts her in the place where she has to…