Summary Of The House On Mango Street
Lexi Jencopale
ENGL 1302- Janders
June 20th, 2015
Paper 4 The short story “The House on Mango Street” by Sandra Cisneros is about a younger child whose family moves frequently. The child recollects the promises that one day the parents provide a home outside of poverty that isn’t dilapidated. Although the family owns the house they currently exist in, it is not the dream home that his parents envisioned and painted a picture of living in. When the child is playing outside a Nun on the street asks where the child lives, it points to the third floor of the home, the Nun is taken aback, obviously shocked at the condition and indirectly belittles the value of the child because of the condition of the home. The central idea of the story reveals
ENGL 1302- Janders
June 20th, 2015
Paper 4 The short story “The House on Mango Street” by Sandra Cisneros is about a younger child whose family moves frequently. The child recollects the promises that one day the parents provide a home outside of poverty that isn’t dilapidated. Although the family owns the house they currently exist in, it is not the dream home that his parents envisioned and painted a picture of living in. When the child is playing outside a Nun on the street asks where the child lives, it points to the third floor of the home, the Nun is taken aback, obviously shocked at the condition and indirectly belittles the value of the child because of the condition of the home. The central idea of the story reveals