Sandra Cisneros

In the novel House On Mangoes Street by Sandra Cisneros, the women are depicted as weak yet the anchors of the family. For example, Rafaela who has to sacrifice her desires and her wishes so her husband can pursue his. The text states “Rafaela leans out the window and leans on her elbow and dreams like her hair is life Rapunzel’s. On the corner there's music from the bar, and Rafaela wishes she could go there and dance before she gets old.” Women like Rafaela, The Vargas mom, and Esperanza’s…

apartment to apartment. She hopes that one day they will live in a normal home and get to do the things she can’t due to her current living style. The story is mainly about struggle for self-definition. In the short story The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, the author uses the stylistic technique of word choice to display imagery. The author uses many different forms of figurative language.…

“Eleven” is a short story by Sandra Cisneros about a young girl named Rachel. On her eleventh birthday, Her teacher, Mrs. Price, holds up a horrible red sweater and demands to know who owns it. Sylvia Saldivar said the sweater is Rachel’s, and Mrs. Price just drops it on Rachel’s desk. Rachel wants to throw the sweater away. Rachel thinks today is terrible birthday. Sandra Cisneros used specific writing techniques that help to describe Rachel’s issue about a receiving a misunderstanding through…

everyone has their own vision of what romance is, most people experience something completely altered. Many people use romance and love interchangeably when in fact they have two separate definitions. In the story, The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros, the main character Esperanza faces the external conflict of what romance means to her and the difference between love and romance. Toward the beginning of the story, Esperanza views romance as a game. We see this when Esperanza…

In Sandra Cisneros’ “House On Mango Street” Esperanza experiences a moment of identity through her appearance. In the vignette, Chanclas, She is insecure about what her feet look like because they are supposedly so big, but she ended up noticing that nobody else noticed or cared. But the question is, did anybody actually notice or care about what she or her feet looked like? The answer is no, nobody noticed. In the vignette, “those who don’t” is about Esperanza talking about people who don’t…

In the book, The House On Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros, Sally is a person that Esperanza met at school. Esperanza saw her during a fight and she was lonely leaning on a fence by herself. Sally gets all the boys by using her looks and her popularity. She lives at home with her father. Sally dreams of escaping from her father. Although Sally is pretty, popular and lives on Mango Street, she uses her looks to get out of trouble from her father. One good thing about the identity of Sally is that…

The American Dream Have you ever wondered what it took to live the American Dream? In the “House on mango street” By Sandra Cisneros it shows the things you need to live the perfect american life. The main character in the story is Esperanza,she is a young girl who lives with her family in a small house on mango street. The story takes place in chicago, Esperanza and her five other family members live.Her family is very poor and they don't live the american dream. Her family faces many…

Adolescence and Sexual Development in The House on Mango Street: How It Relates to Modern Society In Sandra Cisneros’ novel The House on Mango Street, a major theme is adolescence and the developing awareness of the opposite gender, which subsequently leads to a loss of innocence. One of the first places that these themes are seen is the chapter “Hips.” With the statement, “One day you wake up and they are there. Ready and waiting like a new Buick with the keys in the ignition” (49), this…

themselfs. Many people are often influenced by the environment and people that surround them. Its these influences that allows a person to develop a unique and intelligent Identity. In this classic novel “The House on Mango Street” written by Sandra Cisneros tells the story of young girl named Esperanza who is middle age and grows up around her sister Nenny, and her friends Rachel and Lucy. She develops her identity growing up on Mango street through many little interesting vignettes. Esperanza…

Benjamin Franklin once said, “Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.” This way of thinking is often a popular theme in literature. In Sandra Cisneros’ The House on Mango Street, characters experience conflicts between escaping and remaining loyal to their origins. Esperanza’s atypical mindset differentiates her from her harsh, analogous community and environment. One’s identity creates turmoil for those who wish to break out of their silent oppression. Esperanza upholds…