Analysis Of The House On Mango Street

On average 40,093,000 people in the United States move annually. In the book The House on Mango Street the main character Esperanza and her family are included in this number. They Come very poor roots, and they don 't have much money. They move often, one day dreaming to live in a real house, one they don 't have to share, one with their own yard, with stairs that are not hallway stairs, etc. They finally move into this beaten up house on Mango street, Her family is in love with it and act like it 's their dream, however it does not meet Esperanza`s standards. Despite her dislike for this house

In the book “The House on Mango Street” by Sandra Cisneros we are advised the story of the protagonist Esperanza over a sequence of short scenes. Esperanza is a adolescent lady who moved out of her old home along with her parents into a new area called Mango Street. The new house is not what Esperanza wanted, she anticipated a big, white, provincial house with a backyard. Rather, she got a tiny, red, recap apartment in a Latino area in Chicago. It is a coming of age story where Esperanza blooms in many attitudes, all over the whole book we appreciate she wants to move out of Mango Street into her own house. One of the complications that Esperanza faces is the experience of shame. This happens through House on Mango Street, Rice Sandwich, Bums in the Attic, and Monkey Garden; the first three have to do with her despise of the new house. In the scene Rice Sandwich, Esperanza ambitions to eat in the canteen with the other “special kids” rather of having to walk back home to make lunch. She asks her mom to write a letter to the nun who is the principal of the school, she doesn't accept the letter as the grammar was amateurish and asks Esperanza where she lived.

Mark Haddon once said, “Reading is a conversation. All books talk. But a good book listens as well.” Although, there are many children's adventure books, The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cineros is the best by far. The book is intriguing, funny, heart-warming and full of adventure. The book paints a vivid picture of Esperanza and her family living in their new house on Mango Street. Sadly, the house doesn’t meet up to Esperanza’s expectations, but she learns to adjust to her new home. The character of Esperanza in The House on Mango Street expresses the difficulty, adventure, friendships, and maturity in her lifestyle. While living on Mango Street, Esperanza faced many challenges. She acclimated to the consistent move from place to place with her family. In The House on Mango Street page.3, it says, “But what I remember most is moving a lot.” Esperanza moved about four times before moving on Mango Street. She transitions from apartment to apartment, but now her family finally has a home they can call their own. Unfortunately, the house isn’t the house Esperanza dreamed of or seen on T.V. It wasn’t the luxurious three bathrooms, big flat screen television, and large backyard kind of house. This house was small, red with tight steps and small yard. The red bricks are crumbling, the door was swollen, and everyone shared bedroom. Currently, the house accommodates six people: Mama, Papa, Carlos, Kiki, Esperanza and her sister, Nenny. Learning to adjust to her new home,

In a series of vignettes, The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros, covers a year in the life of Esperanza, who is about twelve years old. During the year, she moves into a house on Mango Street. It is the first home her parents actually own, however she has had a plethora apartments in her life. However, the house is not what Esperanza has dreamed of, for the reason that it is run-down and cramped. For the duration of the vignettes, the readers watch Esperanza struggle but overall mature. In the rest of the vignettes, the readers receive a glimpse of the lives of the women on Mango Street. When reading the readers get to learn and understand these women. They are extremely important because they act as character foils to help the readers better understand Esperanza. During the novel, the women on Mango Street are confined and go through many struggles. The reader also learns about Esperanza's identity.

“You will always be Esperanza. You will always be Mango Street. You can't erase what you know. You can't forget who you are” (105). No matter what, Esperanza’s experiences on Mango Street have become a part of her and she cannot change it. In the novella, The House on Mango Street, written by Sandra Cisneros, the author introduces Esperanza, a resident of Mango Street, who constantly dreams of becoming an independent woman with a house of her own ideals. As she and her family purchase a house and become a newcomer into a new neighborhood of a crowded and poor Latino area, Esperanza faces mental and physical changes that affect how she sees the world. Sadly, the characteristics of the house consist of nothing of her desires. Due to her

Utilizing a series of vignettes, Sandra Cisneros follows the significant moments in the life of a young Mexican girl named Esperanza in her coming-of-age novel The House on Mango Street. The book records a year of Esperanza life, in which her family moves into a rented house on Mango Street in Chicago. While searching for her independence, Esperanza and her friends meet the issues of racism, sexuality, and male dominance. Esperanza forms the realization she will have to leave the toxic environment on Mango Street for her future, however, she plans to return and help those who are unable to remove themselves from the poor conditions.

“The House on Mango Street” by Sandra Cisneros is a unique piece of literature that brings an interesting style of writing to life. Cisneros writes in vignettes that are as powerful as they are short and to the point. These snapshot stories illustrate the life of a young adolescent girl named Esperanza, who is trying to understand the ways of life, and fit in her culture. She learns that some of her expectations don’t quite match with the reality of her world and every action has a consequence. This is a prevalent topic throughout the book as Esperanza is growing up and facing life’s challenges as a female teenager in 1984.

Esperanza, the main character of The House on Mango Street, revolves around her teenage confusion to find her identity, but also becoming a strong and independent woman. She is very observant, and in order to form this foundation, Esperanza is influenced by the people around her and always looking for pathways to follow, through examples displayed within her neighborhood. She doesn’t want to throw her life away through marriage, or to be helpless and pretty like Sire’s girlfriend, bringing her to discover what it really means to achieve that desire of hers. Within the novel, Esperanza tries to get herself out of that loop of the women in her life have been swirled through, by attaining a new level of feminine power to consolidate her independence.

Esperanza wants a real house because she feels ashamed to be living in a raggedy house. In the 5th paragraph of the first vignette, she describes the mango house as “Its small and red…windows so small you ’d think they were holding their breath. Bricks were crumbling in places, and the front door is so swollen you have to push hard to get it.” I believe she thinks people will look down on her because of the way her house looks.

The art connects to The House on Mango Street because it’s a representation of the beatdown street Esperanza and her family has to live on. From the cracks in the road and potholes, it’s obvious that this is a lower class street. It gives off the vibe of alarming or frightening to other people driving through the street because others would think that gangs live in those houses, instead of Esperanza and her nice family. The Cadillac that Louie's cousin had parked along the street revealed the gap between poor and rich that Esperanza doesn’t want. She wants to not be considered ‘lower class’

Sandra Cisneros is viewed as a strong author for Latinos and specifically women. In her book, The House on Mango Street, Cisneros writes the novel in both English and Spanish. She even dedicates her book to, “A las Mujeres/To the Women.” Throughout the story, Cisneros introduces her audience to many female characters and the lives of the characters as well. Esperanza, the protagonist in the House on Mango Street, is followed as she grows older and begins to find herself and her sexuality. This book is a great example of how Cisneros specifically writes from a feminist point of view.

Elinita to people is a witch women that tells fortunes for people. There is a women exactly like her in Esperanza's neighborhood but, she's better off in life. She has two kids. She wants Esperanza to try see spirits in a glass of water but, Esperanza just can't. Esperanza likes listening more to the bugs bunny cartoons. Esperanza want to know from Elinita if her dream house is soon in the future. Esperanza is disappointed with the answer she gives her, house of the heart. She goes home five dollars poorer. Martin finally meets a boy and dances with him for a little while his name is Geraldo. Geraldo speaks no English and after the dance was hit by a car. He goes to the Emergency room and dies right there because no one would help.

Sandra Cisneros, an Hispanic-American author, is most known for her first novel, The House on Mango Street. The story follows a young Latina girl named Esperanza who moves to a low-income Chicago neighborhood and encounters new people and experiences new challenges, one of which is the struggle of choosing to be desired and looked at by men or being independent. Most, if not all, of the women in the novel are often perceived as powerless since they are usually stuck in some type of relationship, whether it be with a possessive man or needy children. Three specific women are Rafaela, a woman whose husband literally traps her in their relationship, Minerva, a girl who can not seem to say no to her abusive husband, and Sally, a young girl who

My favorite vignette from The House on Mango Street is the one titled ‘Those Who Don’t’. This handles the theme of suspicion and stereotyping between races. One quote that succinctly sums up this vignette is the first sentence with “Those who don’t know any better come into our neighborhood scared” (p.28). This begins the theme of how fear and stereotyping come from miseducation and ignorance. Cisneros writes that only those who do not understand the nuances and personalities of the people inside the Latino neighborhood are afraid of being in it. The people who are not prejudiced or who have taken the time to know and understand the families and neighborhood would understand that in many ways it is just like any other place on earth. The people

When I see the word "community" I think of two things: a group of people who live in the same area and a group of people who share a bond with one another. Foremost, I believe that having a sense of duty to ones "community" has a deeper meaning when the "community" is made up with those who share a deeper connectivity then just living in the same place. For Esperanza, though, I believe that they are close to being one in the same. I think that if she looked at the word "community" means to her, she would think of those who live on Mango Street, not all of those who live in the same city as her. Those who she lives next to share a bond made from similar economic and oppressive experiences. I think that if we look as "community" as a group of