Sandra St. Victor

In The House on Mango Street, a coming-of-age novel narrated by a young Mexican-American girl, Sandra Cisneros shows that the places people live shape their identities and lay the foundation upon which they create the rest of their lives. As much as Esperanza dislikes Mango Street, the impoverished neighborhood in which she grows up, her experiences there define her formative years and become a fundamental part of who she is. It is the lens through which she sees the world and discovers herself…

The novella, The House on Mango Street written by Sandra Cisneros is about a young latina girl named Esperanza that is growing up in Chicago in 1984. Throughout Esperanza’s life she has been exposed to rough experiences that have shaped her into the girl she is today. Esperanza’s identity as a strong, independent and determined girl. In Esperanza’s life there have been many challenges she has had to deal with such as poverty, sexual assault and the stereotype of what a woman is and how one is…

Society has developed the concept of social class to categorize people into different groups based on their economic status. Social class makes everyone's lives extremely different. In The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros, many themes are revealed. One of them includes the theme of social class. The series of vignettes illustrates a young girl, Esperanza, growing up in a Latino area of Chicago. In The House on Mango Street, Esperanza belongs to a low social class and lives in a…

The House on Mango Street is a series of vignettes by Sandra Cisneros that records stories of Esperanza’s life on Mango Street in a chronological order. As she experiences things on Mango Street and matures emotionally and sexually, the vignettes transitioned from innocent childlike observations of the world to sharper reasoning of the cultural and social changes that’s happening in the Mango Street community. Sexuality and freedom are prominent themes throughout the novel. Withe use of symbols…

Sandra Cisneros and Reyna Grande through their subjective narratives emphasize the important contributions that migration played about their family relations and the development of their personal identity. Both authors touch upon similar themes relating to transnationalism and liminal identities, however they greatly differentiate when discussing the factor of citizenship and mobility. Cisneros is born in the U.S. while Reyna Grande is born in Mexico and later migrates to the U.S. as an…

Grandfather and His Little Grandson” retold by Leo Tolstoy in the 1800s, an old grandfather is mistreated and disrespected by his family. In the poem from the 20th century, which is the 1900s for those who don’t know,“Abuelito Who” by the Hispanic author Sandra Cisneros, the granddaughter is missing her Abuelito who is very old…

Journeys to Safety and Healing The books The Bite of the Mango and A Long Way Gone are both used to illustrate the theme of journeys. The Bite of the Mango is narrated by a young girl named Mariatu Kamara who has grown up in a small town called Magborou all her life. But, when she is twelve the civil war that is raging in her country reaches her town and her hands are cut off by the rebel forces. After her encounter with the rebels, she walks through the brush for many days. She finally reaches…

Anish Bamne Mrs. Porada Per.6 A House of my Own In the vignette, A House of my own, Cisneros’s intent shows that when moving on to better things, one should not forget what helped them reach that success. Esperanza believes that she will finally be at peace at her new home, away from a judgemental and dangerous society. However, Esperanza does not know the true meaning of what a home is. She believes home is the one that is the nicest and the richest. A home is where one learns the most, and…

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…

one small hurdle gets in the way? In Chicago, Illinois Sandra Cisneros wrote this story because she wanted to show us about her lifestyle and how she was not able to live her American Dream. She explains that this book is like a necklace. All these stories are connected by a thread. The House on Mango Street is a novel about a girl who had moved repeatedly and eventually she was able to stick to one house, “The House on Mango Street”. Sandra Cisneros shares her story through esperanza and she is…