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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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    literature, people develop based on major events that occur in their lives. These events shape who the person will become, and help them find their place in the world. One prominent example of this is contained in the novel, The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros. In the novel, the protagonist’s life goal changes when a tragic event occurs while she is at a carnival. Prior to the turning point, the protagonist, Esperanza Cordero was very materialistic and childish. Esperanza and her…

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    Woman Hollering Creek, Cisneros expresses feminism through Cleófilas the protagonist is trapped in a constricting, culturally assigned gender role due to her being alone, her violent marriage, and living in poverty. In the story Woman Hollering Creek, Sandra Cisneros discusses the issues of living life as a married woman through a character named Cleófilas; a character that is married to a man who abuses her physically and mentally, Cisneros presents a woman who struggles to prevail over…

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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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    The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros takes place in the 1980 in a poor Chicago Latino neighborhood. The reader reads a series of vignettes from Esperanza's point of view. She has moved around her whole life and is trying to find a place to fit in in the world even though she doesn't think she fits in in her new neighborhood. Through the vignettes there are clearly defined gender roles that happen and they pick out the women as the weak ones who need to stay at home and the men who have…

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    Esperanza’s Identity The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros is about a girl named Esperanza. Esperanza is in one of those families that are always moving around. She first lived in Paulina, then Keeler, and then after that Loomis, but now she lives on Mango Street. Esperanza is a very helpful girl because she likes to help her friends and family. Esperanza also helps out her neighbors. The major part of Esperanza’s identity is how helpful she is. One of the main reasons Esperanza is so…

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    House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros is a coming to age book concerning a chicana girl named Esperanza and the Mexican community around her. The book contains many dark moments and themes including criminal activity, rape, death, and abuse. Esperanza realizes many women suffer from abuse in the community. There are a variety of female roles in her life. However, many are trapped in abusive relationships and waiting for others to change their lives. Some are actively trying to change on their…

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    she realizes not all affection that a man may provide is pleasurable. Esperanza also believes that obtaining beauty is crucial to determining one’s character, until witnessing how it can lead to someone’s identity being hidden. Within the novella, Sandra Cisneros develops the motif of growing up to display…

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    Practical Magic

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    husband’s will die with the signal of the death watch beetle serving as their advanced warning to avoid the heartbreak that comes with love. The film Practical Magic is based upon the book written by Alice Hoffman in 1995. The character Sally, played by Sandra Bullock, attempts to thwart the curse by casting a spell creating a man she feels does not exist, but meanwhile her sister, Gilly, played by Nichole Kidman becomes involved in an abusive relationship but cannot summon the death watch…

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