The House On Mango Street By Sandra Cisneros

Imagine feeling like you don’t belong and never will, or that the odds of your success is a slim chance to none. The House on Mango Street written by Sandra Cisneros, leads us into a world of poverty, broken dreams, and slithers of hope. The House on Mango Street follows the life of a young girl by the name of Esperanza Cordero, who occupies her childhood in an indigent Latino neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois. The books expresses her dire need to have a place where she can call home, and escape the harsh reality of her expected life. Though, her life on Mango Street is bearable with help of her little sister Nenny, her two best friends Rachel and Lucy, and her other friend Sally. On her journey to adulthood, Sandra Cisneros will show how Esperanza assimilates into a mature young lady, who truly find her identity, and develops emotionally as well as physically.

In The House on Mango Street, written by Sandra Cisneros and published in 1984, we join young Esperanza as she faces the struggles that come as a female Mexican American living in Chicago. Family businesses are significant in The House on Mango Street because they represent the diversity of cultures, and communities in Chicago during the 1960s and 70s. Young Esperanza is not accustomed to a permanent living situation. She spent a lot of her childhood moving from apartment to apartment, none of which were properly furnished with basic amenities. Despite her family making the significant accomplishment of purchasing a house to call their own, Esperanza is not fulfilled.

She said it was small and the bricks were crumbling. And she didn’t want to be there. Now that Mango Street is her home she tries to understand it more, but she still isn't happy living there. Another problem Esperanza faces is finding herself.

Esperanza is dealing with how she will grow as a person feeling out of place. A good example of this is when Esperanza compares herself to “four skinny trees, outside her house, having skinny necks and pointy elbow just like her.” Also when Esperanza says “ I’m the only one who understands them.” Since she feels out of place and so are the trees on Mango

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.

The narrator of Sandra Cisnero’s novel, The House on Mango Street, is Espernaza. She is a young innocent girl with big dreams and hopes for her future. Some people may learn from Esperanza’s story to never take advantage of what they have, and to always appreciate the little things in life. Windows are significant in The House on Mango Street when Esperanza describes her new house, when she is in Gil’s furniture store, and when she describes Minerva’s life. There are many scenes throughout the House on Mango Street where windows are significant, such as when Esperanza describes her new house.

The House on Mango Street is about Esperanza Cordero's life. It starts when Esperanza is forced to move, she was excited to live in the house of her dreams but was soon let down. The house wasn't huge or white like the perfect ones on tv, which made Esperanza very bitter and unhappy. Throughout the book it shows many of Esperanza's friends and the hope they all have for each other. Esperanza is a very powerful and hopeful person, she's convinced she can stop all the racism, poverty, and the gender separatism in her life and in her neighborhood.

Esperanza is led by the dream to leave Mango Street at once, nevertheless she knows that she will have to return one day to help and encourage all those who will fallen in the big hole of hopelessness. She can leave Mango Street but she can not escape

The House on Mango Street The House on Mango Street is a story about a girl named Esperanza who does not know where she stands in life. She goes through many twists and turns, and thinks her life is not all that great. She is often criticized about how dangerous her neighborhood is, her house, her appearance, and much more. The way men in the story view Esperanza and her economic status shape her identity.

When a character is exposed to an incident in which his or her perspective is forever changed, he or she will gain knowledge and maturity. An event such as being raped is an example of how one can lose his or her innocence. The House on Mango Street leads the reader into analyzing his or her own life. It shows how Esperanza’s pure view of life has changed to become a more sophisticated and realistic one. Growing up is something that everyone, at one point or another, goes through. This loss of innocence is something that is unavoidable and irreversible. When people lose their innocence, they gain maturity and gain knowledge. When a person losing the pureness in them, they open their eyes and they are able to see the world for what it really

The House on Mango Street is a collection of vignettes written by Sandra Cisneros that is about a young Mexican-American girl named Esperanza, and the struggles of her life as she transitions from childhood into adulthood. Esperanza wants to find her true identity, but the conflicts and struggles that she faces throughout the story. Her town is a part of her adventure to find her self identity. She picks herself up, learning and figuring herself out throughout the novel. The author uses symbolism throughout the vignettes to convey the deeper meaning of conflicts developed in the novel, to show the difficulties of growing into adulthood.

In The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros uses her writing of houses to emphasize the fact that your house does play a part in the way you're viewed, treated, and expected to act. This is seen on various occasions throughout the story. As the main character Esperanza mentions them often. The first example is when Esperanza explains when she one of the nuns from her school see her playing outside so the nun ask where she lives. Esperanza points to her house and the nun responds “You live there?”

The House on Mango Street is essentially a coming of age story as the main character, Esperanza, experiences significant changes throughout her life. As a child, Esperanza is primarily concerned with games and playground antics. Nevertheless, she is very perceptive and often fears what people will think of her.

Ethnicity, especially within the context of the United States, has been something that has continued to be fraught with both a positive and dark history. Ethnicity and race still play huge roles in American society centuries after its foundation. One of the books I feel perfectly touches on ethnicity in America specifically is Sandra Cisneros The House on Mango Street. Cisneros tells a coming of age story through brief episodes of a girl named Esperanza her life varying from things about her family, neighborhood, and different dreams and goals that she has. The House on Mango street is a personal and touching look at what it means to be a minority/immigrant in America as well what it means to grow up poor. In this book report, I will try to discuss this book 's themes, characters and story while also relating it to the class.

All the people on Mango Street were struggling to get by, but they seemed satisfied with just making it. Esperanza was not. There were characters like Esperanza’s mother who was a “smart cookie,” and could’ve been anything, but she let shame get the best of her and dropped out of school. There was also Rafaela who got married before the 8th grade just so she could move into her own house, but her husband never let her leave the house afterward. He never let her see her friends, and the highlight of her week was getting coconut or papaya juice from someone who would send it up in a paper bag attached to a clothespin since she couldn’t leave the house. Lastly, there was the time when she was left stranded by the tilt-a- whirl waiting for a friend that never came back and got molested by a group of boys. The only witnesses were the red clown statues that seemed to be laughing at her. Nevertheless, she let none of this stopped her from going forward and perusing her dream. She still seemed to be struggling with a sense of belonging, but maybe that’s because she didn’t.