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    Gender roles are very prominent in the world today and affect the way many people live. They affect the way people act‚ dress‚ and even think. In the novel The House on Mango Street‚ by Sandra Cisneros‚ the role of women in society is to be obedient and allow men to be the dominant partner. Primarily‚ women in The House on Mango Street are sex symbols. In the society‚ men are stereotyped as stronger and more intimidating‚ which makes it easier for the women to step back and let the men take charge

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    Sexuality roles have always influenced the world just as Esperanza experiences sexuality and gender roles in The House on Mango Street written by Sandra Cisneros. Sandra Cisneros’s novella filled with vignettes following a young girl‚ Esperanza’s‚ experience with moving to a new house which is to her dislike. In the novella‚ The House on Mango street‚ Cisneros is trying to develop through Esperanza that in order to become an adult‚ or coming of age‚ Esperanza and young adults must understand sexuality

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    Male/Female gender roles (Minerva‚ Sally‚ Rafaela‚ Mamacita‚ Linoleum Roses) The House on Mango Street Writing Project The book called House on Mango street is about a little girl that grows up in a poor naeberhood that is full of crime and violence. I think that having a male gender in the place they lived would have coused a different life steil for the family. They probley would have had a little less things to worry about with a boy instead of a girl. But if they had a girl they would be able

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    Intro paragraph: Esperanza sees everyone in her community and in someway gets influenced by them. Whenever Esperanza sees someone in her neighborhood doing something worth writing about‚ she gets into deep thought about it. Esperanza also gets influenced by her own friends and family too. In this book Esperanza gets affected by the community she lives in and the people that live there. Body paragraphs: In this book Esperanza gets affected by the community she lives in and the people that live there

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    Blood slides along my body‚ beneath my clothes and down to the floor. It’s warm‚ somehow it feels kind of nice. But it shouldn’t‚ surely this is the end of me‚ surely I’m dying. But I’m standing‚ I’m still standing. My legs beg me to give in‚ to let go and drop to the soft grass below‚ but I’m still standing. I can’t take this anymore‚ somebody find me already‚ please! Aah‚ this is driving me insane. I can’t.. Somebody.. I don’t want to die‚ please help. I can’t do this on my own‚ I’m to weak‚ I’m

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    Study Questions 1-14 – The House on Mango Street “The House on Mango Street” Why does Esperanza disapprove of the house on Mango Street? Esperanza disapproved of the house because she expected the house on Mango Street to be a house with plenty of room‚ “real stairs‚” at least three bathrooms‚ and a huge yard. But in reality the house was small‚ crumbling‚ with no front yard‚ and only a small backyard. It has apartment-style stairs‚ only one bathroom‚ and only three bedrooms‚ so everyone has to

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    I need this money. I’m the man of the house I the one who’s supposed to take care of everyone. If my mom doesn’t get the treatment she needs she’s going to die. I wish this shit was free. What kind of man am I? Twenty seven years old living at home. What a joke‚ I am cashier at a pizzeria. What a joke I am. Some example I set for my little sister. Cashier making eight dollars an hour living in this small apartment. I need this money. I need our lives to change‚ save my mother’s life. Seriously fuck

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    In House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros‚ a young Latina girl named Esperanza Cordero‚ grows up in Chicago while going through a series of events throughout her transition from childhood to adulthood. Esperanza‚ excited to grow up and have the boys watch her dance‚ develops hips and soon endures sexual assault and other encounters that are the worst parts of growing up. As her future gets told‚ she is still optimistic of what lies ahead. As Esperanza begins her transition from childhood to adulthood

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    wherever you want.” I looked around the place and saw four customers‚ not including me. They all looked like locals. They appeared used to the surrounding filth. I walked towards a booth a saw the photo hanging above it‚ dusty and old‚ some kind of lake house scene

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    In the narrative "The House On Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros Esperanza goes through some troubles in the reading. In my time of being alive I have also gone through troubles that are similar and also different. First‚ she moved into different house as a child allot. When I was a kid we never really stayed in one place‚ we also moved around and I would always change schools which made it hard to keep and make friends just like her. Second‚ Esperanza did not like her home just because it was falling

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