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House On Mango Street Essay

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What are the three themes shared by the House on Mango Street and the video Sweet 15? In my opinion, I think childhood, maturity, and culture are three themes that are shared in these two stories. This essay will show you why those themes fit the story. What three themes do you think are shared between the two stories? In these two stories it shows the characters' childhood. The two main characters in both of these stories are two young girls. These girls have a lot to learn about the world that they live in. In the book “House on Mango Street” the little girl's name is Esperanza, she is 12 years old. Then in the movie “Sweet 15” the little girl’s name is Marta, she is 14 years old. In the book “House on Mango Street” Esperanza is hanging out with her …show more content…

Both of these stories show a lot of maturity, or trying to be mature. In “house on mango street” Esperanza needed some money for her Catholic school so she decided to get a job. Her job was at the Peter Pan Photo Finisher on North Broadway. But everything did not go her way because while she was working there, an old man sexually harassed her and she never worked there again. An example of maturity in the movie, “Sweet 15” is when Marta saw Ramon at the carnival and she wanted to dance with Ramon. Ramon is an older guy and is very mature and an independent guy and Martas thinks or feels that she is mature enough to be with Ramon. Culture is expressed deeply in the two stories and is more specific to hispanic culture. In both of these stories, the two main characters are Latina and have a Hispanic family. In the book “House on Mango Street” culture is shown when Esperanza is expressing her name and her name is actually Spanish but in English it means hope, some Hispanics like to name their kids in Spanish but in English it means a pretty

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