House On Mango Street By Sandra Cisneros Essay

In “the self portrait between the Borderline of the mexico and the United States” by Frida Kahlo. Frida Kahlo is the border between mexico and the United States. The painting shows a shseems dark and gloomy but she’s wearing this pink flashy dress holding the Mexican flag in one hand and in another it looks like a cigarette. The United States side of the border is grey and filled with factories, tall buildings, some types of technology, and unlike the Mexican flag the American is covered in smoke from the factory. The Mexican side of the border is neutral and filled with historical buildings, plants, festival pieces for example their is a skull so that makes me think of the day of the dead, and the sky filled with clouds in one is the sun and another is the crescent moon. Frida seems like she’s stuck between two totally different cultures.

In the book “The House On Mango Street” by Sandra Cisneros is a coming to age novel. It tells a story about Esperanza a latina girl growing up in the wonderful world of Chicago with her friends and family. Esperanza and her family recently have moved to mango street. They have moved around a lot in her lifetime because they are poor. Esperanza is determined to leave the house on mango street but in her latino culture most women leave by
One similarity is both the painting and book are impacted a lot by culture. Next in the painting Frida seems like she’s wanting to be in mexico because she’s hold the flag but like Esperanza and her something is holding them back from leaving. And final similarity is in both main person in the book and painting they both stand in what they believe in for Esperanza tries to stop sally in “The Monkey Garden” even though sally doesn’t care Esperanza knows what’s right and wrong and shows how much she cares for