Homeless Mango Street Monologue

Someone’s outward appearance never fully shows their true self. Sandra Cisneros uses the novella, The House on Mango Street, to show that people need to be accepting of themselves. Esperanza does not see the good things in herself. She tries really hard, but can not find them. She later learns that she is perfect just the way she is. Esperanza’s negative view on herself slowly changes as she begins to focus on her larger community and her place within it. Through this, Cisneros shows that knowing and accepting where one comes from is an important part of growing up and determining one’s identity.

In today’s world there are countless social problems. People are often treated as an inferior or as if they are less important for many different reasons. In The House on Mango Street, the author Sandra Cisneros addresses these problems. Throughout the story Cisneros does a thorough job explaining and showing how these issues affect the public. This novel is written through the eyes of a young girl, Esperanza, growing up in a poor neighborhood where the lifestyles of the lower class are revealed. Cisneros points out that, in today’s society, the expectation of women and their treatment, discrimination based on poverty, and discrimination because of a person’s ethnicity are the major

Find me in the ashes of death and lets rise together as one breath I plead to be forever yours, I never want to let you go cause you give me a reason to live without regretting the past fight, I've a heavy heart you complete me, cause I've nowhere else to go, you make my homeless soul fulfilled like the sun will rise your hugs reminds me everything will be alright I don't where to go since you left me in the snow, I'm all cold where did you go to leave me so low, why did you leave me to die, I'm bleeding alone without your eyes, you're the lyrics to my music, the chords to the melody of pain the beat to my joy lay your heart into mine let's drink each other's love like wine, I want to be the darkness and light lets fight this thing

As a young girl, Esperanza is a young girl who looks at life from experience of living in poverty, where many do not question their experience. She is a shy, but very bright girl. She dreams of the perfect home, with beautiful flowers and a room for everyone. When she moves to the house of Mango Street, reality is so different than the dream. In this story, hope (Esperanza) sustains tragedy. The house she dreamed of was another on. It was one of her own. One where she did not have to share a bedroom with everyone. That included her mother, father and two siblings. The run down tiny house has "bricks crumbling in places". The one she dreamed of had a great big yard, trees and 'grass growing without a fence'. She did not want to abandon

“I am tired of looking at what we can’t have.” This particular quote explains that

On Mango Street, it’s nothing new for kids to jump off a building and end up killing themselves. Rape? That's no big deal it happens all the time. Not only is Mango street like this, but the majority of Southern Chicago is like this. Many people are forced to live in this type of environment because of their economic state. Many people like Esperanza hate the place they live and are desperate for a change. Esperanza knows that there is a little chance of change. Around her she sees people living their suffering lives and not their bright future they had planned. Looking at the people around her makes her want to leave Mango street and start a better life. She knows that if she stays in this neighborhood, she will have a dark future like

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros uses many rhetorical devices to push her viewpoint of how sexual maturity and individuality come with age and experience. Cisneros’ effective use of symbols, syntax, and tone convey and persuade Esperanza’s upbringing.

When I was about 5 years younger, I was fascinated with survivalism. Me and a group of goddamn hippies and EDM dipshits went out to the desertous gorgeous hell known as Anza Borrego. I intended on surviving at least one day by using only the deserts resources to survive. So I only ate insects, aloe, and mushrooms... eh, psychedelics to specify. More like food poison induced disassociation to be partially medically accurate.

In The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros uses the perspective of Esperanza to show how a low-income immigrant teenagers struggle to form their identity, while maturing. Esperanza has to be mature as she is an immigrant who doesn’t have the same privileges as other teenagers, whose family already have roots in America. There are many themes concerning this book, but the one that is most discussed in Esperanza's life while she grows up is the process of forming her identity. This theme is showed in many vignettes, although the ones that are the most specific at showing this theme are “The first job”, “My name ”, “Papa who wakes up tired in the dark”, and “The monkey garden.”

The Latina women in the male-dominated society of The House on Mango Street cannot envision their own autonomy because they are taught to need a man to fulfill their life which allows these women to be easily manipulated. A woman's lack of power in a male-dominated society allows men to manipulate women physically and sexually because their society believes in powerful men and powerless women. Alicia, a women in The House on Mango Street, wants to study and go to school, but cannot because her father expects her to inherit her mother’s role in society as powerless worker in a factory. Her father demonstrates the common traditional views of a male in their male-dominated society. He states, “Anyway, a woman's place is sleeping so she

At one point women were seen to only cook and clean, it was culture and the norm. Although times have changed, and women have expressed their abilities and shown what they can do more and more. Sandra Cisneros shows this in her novella, The House on Mango Street. Cisneros expresses the thoughts and feelings of the main character, Esperanza, and others through multiple vignettes. They grow up in a culture and society that wants them to express who they are not meant to be. Alicia and Esperanza see their personality and skills as a way to freedom. Between these girls and the characters around them, Cisneros shows that education and belief in oneself will beat the path to freedom.

It was November 18, 2010, we were at Auntie Loyd and Uncle George’s house celebrating Thanksgiving. We came home around 11:00. I was really tired when we got home. The next day I came to the woods at the back of the neighborhood.

After I get to Sharon we talk about where to go.We decided on the woods.We were in the woods for a week. Then out of nowhere we heard a shot a warning shot.Then a guy came out of the trees.his name was Bill.Bill was nice.We did not trust

I looked around not knowing where I was. There was grass under my feet, and the sun above us was very hot.

I was standing there for so long and still in shock that I didn 't even realize there was a person standing right next to me. This man, very tall man with long brown hair had such a scared and