Mango Street By Sandra Cisneros

Broken shards in Nemecia’s soul glued together with hope that she may be the light in the world her family dreams for her to be. Throughout Nemecia life her family desperately tries to heal her by helping her forget her broken past. In the story, Nemecia by Kirstin Valdez Quade the theme broken piece may never be truly fixed but hope always glimmers through is revealed by using metaphors throughout the story.

“Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.” Jim Rohns quote highlights the basis of Debra Oswald’s play Gary’s house, and also Miroshav Holubs poem The Door. This essay will explore the notion that change causes people to shift their thinking and actions after significant catalysts. Gary’s House illustrates many of the issues and predicaments confronted by the characters and how their alteration in behaviour can have a beneficial outcome for them or others around them. The concept of "The Door" is based on the idea of taking risks and embracing change. The poet uses persuasive techniques to encourage and provoke the audience to take action.

At some point of a kid’s life, they want to be picky about something. They want to have some control of their little world where adults are constantly telling them what to wear, what to do, and what to eat. Food, for instance, is an easy topic where kids will fight for some independence. Throwing, yelling, crying and even bribing were the essence of a battle at dinner tables. Because some parents would automatically give in to their children’s need, the kids often think they won the battle but technically they didn’t. In the story, “Picky Eater”, Julia Alvarez tells a story of her childhood experience of home meals where her and her sisters were also picky eaters, despite having healthy food served to them. Meals, she said, “at home were battlegrounds. Even if you won the dinner battle, refusing to clean your plate or drink your engrudo, you inevitably lost the war” (Alvarez 145). Battlegrounds at home can occur but it doesn’t have to end up being messy if the parents know how to handle the situation properly.

In “Mericans” Sandra Cisneros uses imagery to develop the text’s theme. Imagery is when an author uses visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work. In “Mericans” Sandra Cisneros uses imagery multiple times to describe and develop the scene around the narrator. The first example of imagery is “Some with fat rags tied around their legs and others with pillows, one to kneel on, and one to flop ahead”. Additionally imagery is used again, as it states, “After all that dust and dark, the light from the plaza makes me squinch my eyes like if I just came out of the movies.” The use of imagery creates an visualization of the area around the narrator and how she is reacting to that area.

In the novel, The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, the theme of growing up is prevalent throughout the book. Throughout the novel, a young mexican girl named Esperanza goes through experiences as she matures that involve her friends, society, dangers that expose her to the outside world and help her to realize what the real world is like.

As human beings we tend to classify others by classifying ourselves (Eide 74 ). Nothing wrong with that per se, if not for using problematic criteria, such as race, skin color, gender, sexual orientation, class, religion, or ethnicity, in an often negative and derogatory way. As soon as individuals or groups are considering themselves superior, they inherently impose inferiority upon others, and discrimination and bigotry is born. Equality is still far from being common practice. A large part of the problem is ignorance; ignorance about other cultures, religions, gender range, ethnicity and many other characteristics. In her book Borderlands: La Frontera, Gloria Anzaldúa describes how she has hopes for a new humanity, not inhibited by race or gender or any other social, political or ethical label; a hybrid form, an epitome of all possible confluences: a cosmic race, with a rich gene pool and a new consciousness (100-102). She believes this can be realized by uprooting all dualistic thinking and teaching tolerance and openness from a very young age: ‘nothing is thrust out, the good, the bad and the ugly, nothing rejected, nothing abandoned’ (Anzaldúa 101) . She uses the

The fundamental characteristic of magical realism is its duality, which enables the reader to experience both the character’s past and the present. In the novel, Monkey Beach, Eden Robinson uses this literary device to address the the trauma and mistreatment of the Haisla community in Canada by unveiling the intimate memories of the protagonist, Lisamarie, and the resulting consequences of this oppression. Monkey Beach illustrates how abuse in the past leads to another form of self-medication in the future - a neverending, vicious cycle for the members of the Haisla community. Many characters in Monkey Beach are scarred from childhood sexual abuse and family neglect, and resort to drug and alcohol abuse as a coping mechanism. These

Kristen Hadeed, founder of Student maid, a company that employs only high school and college student, highlights the idea that Millennials are portrayed as lazy and not hardworking; However, she then discovered after running her company for many years that students were that way because their parents never gave them the chance to fail and develop that self confidence. One important factor of her company was transparency, where a log would be posted on how well a student did, whether it was good or bad, and that would determine pay. She noticed that this was the first time many of the students working for her have ever heard criticism, many threatened to quit, cried and of course even got their parents involved. She came to the conclusion that

Linda Sue Parker was born March 25,1960 in Urbana, Illinois. Linda Sue has been writing stories and poems since she was four years old. Her first poem ever published was a haiku in a children’s book. She was given one dollar and that check is framed and hanging above her father’s desk today. She took a break from children’s book and became a food journalist but later realized that children’s books are where her comfort zone is. She now lives in New York, with her husband, writing books for younger children. Her newest book of poetry is called “Tap Dancing on the Roof” and her newest children’s book is called “A Long Walk To Water”.

In Man or Mango, Lucy Ellmann tells the story of Eloise, a love-scorned English woman, who has retreated from society, and her former lover George, an American who has relocated to England in order to work on his poetry. Through a series of chapters that are told from the perspectives of Eloise, George, and other characters, Ellmann illustrates the contrasting nature of the male and female experience. Both Eloise and George offer an abundance of criticisms about society and culture, but it is Eloise who is more deeply affected by the hegemonic culture that men and women are expected to abide by. Her disdain for this culture does not come from a desire to counter it, rather it is caused by her perceived inability to live up to the expectations that are placed upon her, and an intense feeling of hopelessness

The San Francisco of the 1970s is a city immersed in the counterculture movement: It encouraged experimentation and tolerance for unconventional behavior, vices and eccentric politics. The culture rejected the principles of mainstream society and espoused living for one’s self. This philosophy of life attracted people from all over the United States to travel westwards to San Francisco. The promise of the counterculture fascinated people who were not satisfied with their current lifestyles. They came to the city in the hopes of reinventing themselves. Individuals sought to scape their past routines, to get away from the people and societies that burdened them. In the bohemian city, they aspired to find a place to belong. The characters in Tales of the City, by Armistead Maupin, convey these desires and frustrations in members of all social classes. The novel reveals the consequences that come with reinvention. As portrayed by Maupin, San Francisco signifies both a chance for liberation, and a life beset by secrets, whereby individuals are often haunted by their pasts.

In the poem “To the Snake” the author Denise Levertov use several writing techniques to portray money and gambling. She uses syntax, sound imagery, color imagery, figurative language, and symbolism to represent money and gambling. Symbolism is used cleverly throughout the poem to depict a number of things that would take numerous readings to see.

Society’s crackling telephone lines were now flooded with rumors flying through like surges of electricity. Editors, raced to dial their best paparazzi, working in other countries, hearing echoes of their own voices in the phone lines and long delays before the faint and distant voices came on the other end saying, “I’m catching the first flight out of here.”

The article ‘THE DOGHOUSE: THROUGHOUT THE YEARS’ by Katrina Ocampo was published on December 4, 2017. The article revolves around the Doghouse of Ateneo located in the Zen Garden. It is in the middle of the garden and serves as a place for activities for different organizations and currently houses an organization of students called ‘Dollhouse’. Ocampo explored the place’s history as well as the students’ and alumni’s different experiences and memories of the place. The article’s conclusion is how places, like the Doghouse, are more than their physical aspects and are also filled with memories that people make in them.

La Casa Sognata is translated as “The House of Dreams”. This is what my family named our home located in Key Largo. When you walked into the house, it was like all of your worries and problems disappeared. It really did feel like all of your dreams came true in that one moment. The amount of amazing memories I have in just one place is unbelievable. From relaxing outside and watching the sunset to tubing on the back of the wave runners. It was truly amazing.