Sandra Cisneros

The short story The Monkey Garden, written by Sandra Cisneros, contains various changes within the meaning of the garden and even the garden itself. Everything started to change when the neighbors of the narrator moved. They owned a pet monkey that spent its life in a garden in the backyard. While the monkey lived in the garden, the children refused to enter. Once the monkey vanished, however, visitors entered the garden. But without the monkey, the garden shifted in appearance. Along with the…

can read stories of others going through these similar situations and in addition read about characters who are experiencing this. In Sandra Cisneros’ short story, Remember the Alamo, she creates a genderfluid character who faces multiple hardships to highlight the struggles of living in a non acceptant community.…

Dwight Okita, and Sandra Cisneros both establish the topic of American identity. American identity comes from merging cultures and the people within that culture. Okita's poem, American identity has more to do with how you experience culture than what your heritage is. Both texts show that cultural heritage and physical appearances do not determine what it means to be American. Dwight Okita and Sandra Cisneros both were greatly influenced by the American culture. Okita uses point of view to…

In the story, “The House on Mango Street”, Sandra Cisneros discusses a child’s life about moving to a new house. The family is constantly moving, and now they have moved into a house on Mango Street. The house is better than the last place they lived in, which was an apartment on Loomis street in which the water pipes broke and they had no water. So the new house on Mango Street is an improvement, however it still isn’t the house the family talked about. The new house is small and worn down.…

Sandra Cisneros shows that women can be innocent but they can also be the “Malinche” which means a person that doesn't actually care about someone else. In the story “Never marry a mexican” from the book Women Hollering Creek by Sandra Cisneros, Cisneros challenges stereotypes of latina women. In the different story it talks about how latina women can sometimes act or how their attitude is between a situation. In the story “Eleven” it’s a girl´s birthday and she’s been treated bad because of a…

forever, so cherish the time you have with them. There are Universal themes that recur because no matter how different people share the basic experiences and concerns. Leo Tolstoy’s Russian folk tale “The Grandfather and His Little Grandson” and sandra Cisneros poem “Abuelito Who” have the same universal theme about the importance of grandchildren always loving and respecting their grandparents. In “The Grandfather and His LIttle Grandson” a Russian folktale, the older and weak grandfather…

American Identity is unique, this is a common theme found in the two pieces of writing "Response to Executive Order 9066" by Dwight Okima, and "Mericans" By Sandra Cisneros's, and that how they determine their American Identity is how they are exposed to American Culture. This theme is seen in both pieces of writing as both narrators are treated differently based on their looks and ethnic backgrounds, yet they are both able to show that they think, feel, and act the same as any other American,…

separate us from each other, but rather cultural diversity brings a collective strength that can benefit all of humanity.“ Authors Amy Tan and Sandra Cisneros have similar approaches to the idea of cultural differences. Both writers are the children of immigrant parents, and both allow their unique experience with culture to guide their writing . The works of Cisneros and Tan, particularly The House on Mango Street and “Woman Hollering Creek” as well as ”Mother Tongue” and “Rules of The Game”,…

Equality is something that is perpetually strived for, but seldom achieved. In the novella The House On Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, the protagonist, Esperanza, does not want to continue the cycle of inequality. Throughout the story, Esperanza continually sees women in her life treated like objects in a society that values women for their looks, and not for what is on the inside. In the thread of gender roles, a theme that is developed is that men do not treat women as their equals, but…

Teaching: The Most Important Job For a moment, take yourself back to when you were eleven. Can you remember when your biggest worries were homework, chores, and the pressure of fitting in? Sandra Cisneros gives us a small glimpse into the social pressures that infiltrate modern schooling in her short story “Eleven”. In this story Rachel, the protagonist, is mortified when her teacher, Mrs. Price, forces her to put on a gross, smelly sweater that does not belong to her. Seemingly innocent, the…