Telling Stories In 'The House On Mango Street'

1. Explain and cite two positions made by other students on the topic that altered your perspective.
My perspective of telling stories was that they are meant for our entertainment. I believed this only, because many stories that I have heard and told were to entertain my friends. This had changed when Sneha said stories are often used for creating memories. This changed my perspective because I never thought memories can be stories that are shared with others. After she stated this I agreed with her and seen how telling stories is another way of sharing and storing our memories with others. I also agreed with Lauren when she said that telling stories are used to hide your true self. This is because everyone wants to show the world who they want to be, commonly through social media. Though, in reality they are in average person who is trying to show the world the best they can be.
How does the discussion connect to the unit or text we are studying?
The discussion connects to the text we are studying because the novels are telling a personal narrative. Telling stories is similar to narratives because it is basically sharing a specific moment of your life in detail. In the novel The House on Mango Street, Maya Angelou shares the story of Esperanza’s life, the novel is telling stories/moments of her life that had impacted her and the people around her. Similarly in our discussion we had talked about how telling stories is sharing memories, and that was the purpose of the