Shane Mahon Mango Street Post Reading Section 2 English 10B A 8 February 2016 What stuck out most in this section is in the chapter Gil’s Furniture Bought and Sold‚ when the line “... you could be in there a long time before your eyes notice a pair of gold glasses floating in the dark.” This line stuck out to me because if I ever just saw floating glasses in a pitch black building I would be scared. However Esperanza is not It makes me think how our society and theirs are different. Another
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The biggest decision people make is deciding who they are. In the story The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros‚ the author creates a conflict of Esperanza’s internal struggle to find her identity‚ reminding us that the decision of who you are can be life or death. We first learn about this conflict when Esperanza is talking about her name‚ and how it doesn’t present her as who she is. Throughout the story‚ Esperanza realizes that people judge her due to the fact that she only shows them the
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characteristics and personalities that defines who you are. Everyone’s personalities are ever so slightly different from everyone else‚ which cause us to have trouble finding our own special identity. Include the main character in the book “The House on Mango Street” ‚Esperanza‚ she had faced many challenges when she was trying to find her own identity‚ and those struggles have changed her throughout the novel. But at the end‚ what defines her is the ability to write and tell stories. On the other hand
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Poverty in The House on Mango Street and America Gasping for air‚ Rose from Titanic clutches the post for support as her mother‚ Ruth‚ forcibly yanks the tight laces on her corset closer. Whipping Rose around‚ Ruth glares straight into Rose’s eyes and admonishes‚” This is not a game! Our situation is precarious. You know that the money is gone!” Rose snaps‚ “Of course I know it’s gone. You remind me every day!” Bitterly‚ Ruth whispers‚ “Your father let us nothing but a legacy of bad debt hidden by
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The vignette “The House on Mango Street” shows a serious issue; it discusses poverty and even though it was set in the 1960s‚ the issue‚ as shown by articles‚ is still relevant today. “The House on Mango Street” was written by Sandra Cisneros and is told from Esperanza‚ a girl struggling with poverty and is told through a series of vignettes. The two articles that will be referenced is “How Does Poverty Affect a Teen’s Lifestyle?” by Ayra Moore‚ and “Increasing the Minimum Wage Would Help Reduce
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The House on Mango Street raises a number of issues that merit further discussion. In this paper you are to choose a vignette and discuss an issue that is raised by the story. Then‚ relate the issue raised by the story to your own life. You need not agree with Cisneros’ take on the issue but in your paper you should use her ideas as a jumping off point for your own understanding of the issue. You will need to use quotations from the text to support your comments about Cisneros and The House on Mango
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intractable. She does not clean up her own chaos‚ “I am one who leaves the table like a man‚ without putting back the chair or picking up the plate”.She is appalled. She is appalled with herself. She is annoyed that she let shame rule. She was astute‚ but she was bashful. That shame affected her to make a bad choice. She is appalled that she let that happen.Her father beat her. Then he disavowed her. He also told her she was not his daughter. “You’re not my daughter‚ you’re not my daughter.” He
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My head’s spinning now need another cigarette‚ only have 2 left. When the taxi smoothly rolled towards the house I began revising my speech. The rocky gravely road allowed me to decide how to avoid the oncoming piercing glares as I exited the relieved striped taxi. As I took the longest strenuous trudged footsteps to the front gate‚ past the uniformed stocky
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The House on Mango Street is a fictional novel made up of interconnected forty-five short vignettes‚ written by a Chicana author Sandra Cisneros. Sandra Cisneros is an American novelist‚ short-story writer‚ essayist‚ and poet‚ born on December 20‚ 1954 in Chicago. Cisneros is one of the first Hispanic-American writers who have achieved commercial success. She is lauded by literary scholars and critics for works which help bring the perspective of Chicana women into the mainstream of literary feminism
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At the beginning of the story‚ readers learn about a girl named Esperanza whose life has always been unstable and has always been moving from house to house constantly. Benumbed by all the hardships she’s had to deal with Esperanza longs to live in a beautiful house of her own. Children in Esperanza’s neighborhood never play with the opposite sex‚ and the only friend Esperanza has is her little sister‚ whom she is ashamed to be seen with. Discouraged and degraded‚ Esperanza goes through
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