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Maturity One person’s knowledge and understanding grows deeper when they get older and mature. This idea is shown through the novella The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. The House on Mango Street takes place in a mexican neighborhood which isn’t the best. It’s a poor, rough, and not very friendly neighborhood. The book starts when she is 12 or 13 and talks about her life and challenges till age 17 or 18. Esperanza negative view of herself slowly changes as she begins to focus on her…

My Response on Eleven In the literary text “Eleven” by Sandra Cisseros, the author expresses all of the different feelings about being eleven years older that the character Rachel is experiencing as she describes her eleventh birthday. Through the text Cisseros appeals to the emotion of the audience, creates imagery, and applies details from home life to characterize Rachel. Today is Rachel’s eleventh birthday, yet she doesn’t quite feel eleven. At least least, “Not right away. It takes a few…

THE House on Mango Street As Rabindranath Tagore once said “Reach high, for stars lie hidden in you. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.” The quote expresses the significance of dreams. The main character of the house on mango street, Esperanza, is a person that the quote best defines. A very strong girl that once dreamed big, no matter her surroundings and limitations. Throughout the novel, Esperanza goes through many life stages, as she tries to define herself, as well as she…

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…

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…

The House on Mango Street Essay When kids are maturing from children to adults they have to make decisions that portray themselves to have the capability to be responsible, strong, and mature. Over the course of The House On Mango Street Esperanza's had many goals but, her main goal was to one day have a house of her own. She has always felt unworthy because of her home but she believes that one day she will be proud of her own. Throughout Esperanza's life she always wanted to achieve many…

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…

The Life to Live Is the dream you living the America dream? The author to the book The House on Mango Street is Sandra ciseros. The main character in the book is Esperanza a girl that she created and has some similar characteristics. The story of The House on Mango Street is about a young girl that struggles with money and lives in a house with two boys and one sister in Chicago. The obstacles to the American Dream are trust/honesty, lack of poverty, and lack of time (family). First of…

Bite Of The Mango addresses the life of Mariatu at the age of eleven. She lived in a small village in Sierra Leone with her aunt and uncle until the rebels attacked Sierra Leone, she was kidnapped and tortured. The author that helped write this book is Susan McClelland. She became interested in world issued in high school, that later encouraged her to be a journalist so that she could give a voice to the voiceless. She has a Major in Political Science, a Minor in Peaces Studies, she also has a…

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…