Sandra Cisneros

1984, Sandra Cisneros published The House on Mango Street and earned international acclaim. These very different people all had one thing in common: they sought the American Dream. The American Dream they pursued changed with time and evolves even now. However, although the American Dream varied greatly throughout history, it remains as appealing as ever. In his “Letter to Luis de Santangel Regarding the First Voyage,” written in 1493, Columbus expressed his view of the American…

Hong Kingston, Gloria Anzaldua, Sandra Cisneros, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, women of different cultures and pasts, share their experiences of the power of voice. Kingston shares a memoir, “No Name Woman” illustrating a woman’s, her unheeding aunt, eternal struggles as she may not be spoken of, only to be a dishonor with her legacy soon to dissipate. Gloria Anzaldua’s “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” describes Anzaldua’s struggles of her language, accent, and culture. Sandra Cisneros’s “Eleven” in…

will. Identical twins were proven to be different from each other genetically while psychologically they tend to share similar taste and interest. Most friendships are formed due to similar taste and interest, even relationships form that way. Sandra Cisneros and Amy Tan share similar taste and interest. Both studied and majored in English at college, they had a family who loved and supported them, they went on to strive in their careers and were able to a name for themselves and be published on…

In the story “Geraldo No Last Name,” Sandra Cisneros writes about a mysterious young man, who is a victim of a hit and run accident after a dance and dies heartbreakingly in the hospital at the end of the story. Cisneros left us hanging and wondering why this poor young man dies tragically, due to slow responsiveness of medical attention. In “ Geraldo No Last Name,” we can discuss the misconception of immigration and the unfair treatment of immigrants. The misconception of the young immigrant’s…

in an autonomous manner. When seeing other women in her life having to marry out of poverty, Esperanza expresses her liberation and “decided not to grow up tame like the others who lay their necks on the threshold waiting for the ball and chain” (Cisneros 88). Words like tame, threshold, waiting, and chain show ideas of restraint, and Esperanza resists being trapped, demonstrating her resilience. Furthermore, the word decided expresses Esperanza’s desire to take control and for independence.…

Changing gender roles is like rowing upstream against the current. Esperanza is a girl who sees the stereotypical life of woman; Esperanza wants to break that stereotype, she wants to be the man at the table. In House on Mango Street, author Sandra Cisneros illuminates the idea that stereotypical gender roles can alter based on one's determination to change.This becomes clear to readers when Esperanza and Alicia stay on track to better their lives, as opposed to Sally who makes poor decisions,…

by David Jacobsen and “The Storyteller” by Sandra Cisneros. Each author has written about their experience in their upbringing and how their Latin roots influence the decisions they make in reaching a pinnacle. Both autobiographies show the journey they face…

adolescents, and adolescents will become adults, whether we like it or not. It’s the unknown of the society is what we’re afraid of, but we carelessly dive into situations anyway because our natural curiosity. “The Family of Little Feet”, a vignette by Sandra Cisneros in The House On Mango Street explores the ugly truth of the coming of womanhood and sexuality that hides below the surface in their society. The idea of womanhood that Esperanza and her friends had, was feeling beautiful through…

When Mrs. Price puts the red sweater on Rachel’s desk, Rachel “move[s] the . . . sweater to the corner of [her] desk with [a] ruler,” so the sweater is “hanging all over the edge like a waterfall” (Cisneros 36). Rachel’s action of pushing away the red sweater, a symbol of her transition into adolescence, conveys a resistance to the unwanted change. Her perception of the sweater as a waterfall suggests that like the coursing water, emotions during a…

"Superman and Me", by Sherman Alexie, "A Smart Cookie", by Sandra Cisneros, and "Its Our Story Too!" by Ivette Cabrera, all have one thing in common and that is the use of knowledge. In "Superman and Me" Alexie gained knowledge by reading lots of books. In "A Smart Cookie" her mother says he had the knowledge to continue school, but the looks got in her way. In "Its Our Story Too!" Cabrera was talking about the book "House on Mango Street" Cisneros used knowledge of how youth life would be to…