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    Mia Winchell is a 13 year old girl who lives in the countryside down South with her family and her cat‚ Mango. Mia has a special secret that she has been hiding for 13 years. This secret keeps her apart from her classmates‚ her friends (including her best friend)‚ and even her family. The book opens during the summer between 7th and 8th grade‚ and the story unfolds over the next few months. As she begins her final year of middle school‚ Mia decides that she no longer wants to keep this important

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    “The House on Mango Street” by Sandra Cisneros is series of vignettes put together to create one remarkable novel. The story unfolds from the perspective of Esperanza Cordero‚ a young Latina girl growing up in inner-city Chicago. The plot is loosely based on the author’s childhood. The setting of the novel‚ Mango Street‚ is important to the work’s themes of social classes‚ self-identity‚ and gender roles. Social class is very important to the narrator. Esperanza is ashamed of where she lives and

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    It is claimed by some people that your gender has an effect on your occupation. In other words‚ the forced gender roles shown in the past society stereotypes your occupation for life. In Sandra Cisneros’s novel “The House on Mango Street”‚ she suggests that people are put into unwanted roles and boundaries due to stereotypes. Through this book‚ as Esperanza grows up in a poorer community‚ we watch her deal with the gender stereotypes found in society. There are many clear themes found in this novel

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    1. Model organisms are species that are studied to understand the biology of other organisms‚ usually humans. Fruit flies share 75% of the genes that cause certain diseases with humans. Therefore scientists can learn about human genetics by studying fruit fly genetics. This falls under the bigger principle of understanding the basic biology that all organisms have in common. Common fruit flies like Drosophila are useful when studying genetics for several reasons‚ such as their small size that makes

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    Esperanza is the main character in the book “The House on Mango Street”. She started off as a naive girl that doesn’t know anything about the real world she lives in. As time passes she learns more about herself and the world around her. Another major character in this book is Sally. Sally was born into a harsh family where her father will beats her. Sally was always trapped by her father until one day she marries a man that treats her just like her father but‚ she doesn’t notices. Aunt Lupe is one

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    you have hope when you’re going through a rough time in your life‚ you’ll always have something to believe. Two works that support this quote are The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros and Of Mice and Men by John Steinback. Two literary techniques that both of these authors use are irony and characterization. In The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros‚ Esperanza and her family moved around incessantly from one apartment to another. They moved so much that Esperanza can’t even name all

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    Summer: Fruit and Season

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    summer s the pleasantest season. At this time of the year everything is neat and clean‚ the days are long. In the summer the heat can be unbearable and there can be hardly a breath of air. But at this time of the year the hot sun ripens the corn and fruit. There are plenty of strawberries‚ cherries‚ currants‚ gooseberries‚ raspberries‚ apricots‚ peaches‚ plums and blackberries‚ which are ripe and afford a treat for the old and the young. And what pleasure can compare with that of watching the glorious

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    The Symbolism of The House on Mango Street In The House on Mango Street‚ Sandra Cisneros addresses and develops the themes of assimilation of the Chicano into American society‚ stereotypes‚ and the treatment of the Chicana within her culture. These themes are brought out through the experiences of Esperanza‚ a young Chicana character. The American society has tried to make the Chicano fir into its culture and make him follow its way of doing things. The Chicano has also ’voluntarily’ tried

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    house on mango street essay In the novel The House on Mango Street By Sandra Cisneros violence plays a large role in the characters lives. Violence is shown throughout the story through the eyes of Esperanza who is the main character. She has friends and neighbors all who are affected by violence. To begin with‚ in the vignette "Minerva who writes poems" Esperanza talks about her neighbor Minerva. She says that Minerva’s boyfriend comes to visit and beats her and then she goes to her house

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    Can growing up in poverty affect a child? In the article “Effects of poverty”... ‚ by the American psychological association they explain and give different ways kids are affected when they are living in poverty. In the novel House on mango street by sandra cisneros‚ it talks about characters like alicia‚lois‚and sally that all live in poverty. Growing up in poverty will affect a child negatively because they won’t have the money to play sports or for school supplies‚ another reason is they may not

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