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    IV. Cisneros’s writing is reminiscent of poetry. It’s sort of confusing and awkward, quite different from the smooth flow in books I’ve read before. The direct, earnest tone is also rather new as well. Even though the writing style is somewhat simplistic and abrupt at times, it does leave an impression. Esperanza describes her house as small and red, with crumbling bricks and a sad appearance. She is determined to have a real house instead, one with a large yard and stairs. Nowadays, young…

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    House On Mango Street

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    The definition of a home is where one dwells amongst their family members. In The House on Mango Street, Cisneros employ an exclusive motif of home which plays a crucial role in the advancement of Esperanza. Despite the fact that the two stories are totally different, it is still conceivable to draw parallels to each other. I think that this poem by Eric Hanson insinuates to how Esperanza is weary with her house and aspires to attain a new one. The lines “maybe it’s got some broken windows, and…

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    The House On Mango Street is a novel in which various stories are told about the inhabitants of Mango Street by a girl named Esperanza. She tells how they all got to Mango Street and what they had to overcome, like Marin, and the hit-and-run, or Mamacita and her baby boy, or Esperanza herself and the struggle to thrive. These link to the several preventions of meeting the American Dream, as explained by The House on Mango Street, are discrimination, language, and poverty. One of the most…

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    Mark Haddon once said, “Reading is a conversation. All books talk. But a good book listens as well.” Although, there are many children adventure books, The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cineros is the best by far. The book is intriguing, funny, heart-warming and full of adventure. The book paints a vivid picture of Esperanza and her family living in their new house on Mango Street. Sadly, the house doesn’t meet up to Esperanza’s expectations but Esperanza learns to adjust to new home.The…

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    reflection of events in life and experiences of society. Authors like Harper Lee allow writers to share the good and bad values of human life, and it allows the reader to learn a lesson about life through the experiences of society like the author Sandra Cisneros. First, literature allows the writers and readers to share the good and bad values of life through words and phrases. Such as in To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee writes about how scout discovers the good and harsh values of life,…

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    granddaughter who is remembering the memories that she shared with her grandfather before he became too old to play with her. “ In the Russian folktale “The Old Grandfather and His Little Grandson” retold by Leo Tolstoy and the poem, “Abuelito Who” by Sandra Cisneros a similar and significant theme is one should always enjoy life because one’s time here on this planet is limited. In “The Old Grandfather and His Little Grandson” it states, “... his eyes could not see.” This quote supports the…

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    “Mericans” written by Sandra Cisneros is a story about a group of children primarily a girl, who are stuck between a transitional period of their lives due to their changing environment. The short story demonstrates culturistic differences by both location and background. The title of the short story is a perfect example of detailing how the children felt while waiting outside the church. They felt ostracized due to their background and grandmother. The children 's grandmother gave them one…

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    Response to Sandra Cisneros “Pilón (2002)” In this short story “Pilón” written by Sandra Cisneros was very detailed from the begging of the story as a song stuck her memory that she went on to explain transformation as a little girl growing up going through puberty to her growing up as in emigrant. It only got better as the story went on. Cisneros shared the way she felt deep inside from beginning to end of the short story. Wishing she could be at a place in her life that knowing what she…

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    “Only Daughter” by Sandra Cisneros is about a daughter who felt ignored by her family. Sandra has six brothers and is a writer. She was always left out when the brothers played and her father would accidently tell people he had all sons. The setting of the story was where ever they were living at the time. The family would live in Chicago but when money ran low they would move to Mexico City and then move to Chicago again. Most of the story takes place in Chicago when she goes home for…

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    The process of life is like growing layers, you aren’t just the age on the outside, you’re all the other ages below the layer shown. This can be seen in the story ‘Eleven’ by Sandra Cisneros. In this story, the main character realizes that by growing up, you don’t lose your other years, you just gain another. She realizes this when she has a horrible day in school and even though it’s her birthday and she is eleven now, she has moments throughout the day where she feels a lot younger, “I’m…

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