Visual Analysis: The Entrance Terrace By Eleanor Mannikka

I think that when Esperanza says on page 89, "I have decided not to grow up tame like the other who lay their necks on the threshold waiting for the ball and chain", she is speaking of women like Rafeala, her great-grandmother, or Sally whom traded their futures for married life. She sees how they all are trapped with their husbands and are stuck inside their homes. She feels as though these women looked toward married life to find security. She felt like the did what was expected of them; in other words they were tame. Esperanza wants her independence and knows that she will not find it the kind of lives that these women settled for. She feels that she must be different, to shirk that pre-decided type of behavior that is well accepted by the

Growing up on Mango Street, girls had to take two steps backward to take one forward. Just like ballroom dancing, women let men take the lead and sacrifice an extra step to continue moving on the floor. When Sally escaped from her father and married the marshmallow salesman, she had to give up her youth and femininity.

Poems that are the most relevant in today’s society are usually the ones that are most likely to be remembered. Our society is still connected to the past through time-stained poems that hold the same message to us as they did years ago—but whether or not this is a good thing varies. I chose Gwendolyn Brooks’ “kitchenette building” to recite and analyze because its message still resonates in today’s society—that the poor cannot afford to have dreams. There are still people living in poverty today who cannot afford to do just that—who want to but know they can’t, who want to give their children that privilege but can’t. I want people to be aware of this tragedy, to realize that what happened more than fifty years ago is still happening today. This poem gives a voice to those who cannot dream, and I want people to hear that.

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.

The Novel, The House on Mango Street, was based on the writer Sandra Cisneros. She was writing this when she was living in Chicago. She was like Esperanza. She want though poverty. She has been heartbroken and deeply joyous. She inventing for herself who and what she will become. This is the life of Esperanza Cordero and based on Sandra Cisneros to all women out there.

Significant motifs in House on Mango Street I. The recurring motifs in Sandra Cisneros novella “The House on Mango Street” that are most significant are the ones that mold the story and change it in good and bad ways. The people in this book represent a bigger picture of poor struggling and battling people in the real world. From the recurring degrading of women to the struggle of poverty and immigration, while battling loss of innocence. II.

The novel, The House on Mango Street, focuses on a young girl who strives to figure out her identity. She continuosly struggles to find her confidence, along with who she is. People tend to struggle with self-acceptance due to society. Society analyzes each person and dissects every one of their flaws, making them want to change themselves to fit expectations. Moving to her new home, Esperanza began to spend all of her time embarrassed. She was ashamed of her new home, and also uncomfortable with her outside appearance. She felt as if her outside didn’t convey the true personality hidden inside her. All Esperanza understood was that she didn’t fit in, and that she is different. Esperanza tries to find the person she truly wants to

One’s identity is the most important part about them. Without one’s identity, there is nothing about them that makes them who they are. This is why the struggle to find one’s identity is one of the hardest struggles to take place within someone. Because the struggle to find one’s identity can be so difficult, a lot of writers today have used this motif in their books, as this has become a topic many readers can relate to. A book that highlights this topic very much is “The House on Mango Street”, by Sandra Cisneros. This book is about a young girl named Esperanza, who moves to a new house and a new community, and struggles with finding her identity and fitting in the community. The book is written in a series of vignettes, or small poems

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.

“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

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.

“Regrets are illuminations come too late.” Sandra Cisneros, author from Chicago, Illinois, touches on regret in her writing. Specifically in vignettes, “Edna’s Ruthie,” and “A Smart Cookie,” which make up apart of her novel, The House On Mango Street. Cisneros develops characters, and ultimately themes: hard work pays off and kindness isn’t always reciprocated through the use of dialogue.

Loss of innocence is an ongoing theme in The House on Mango Street. I chose the first image to show the high-heeled shoes act as a sort of magic talisman that transforms the little girls into women. A dangerous transformation, as Mr. Benny notes, because the little girls aren't ready for the sexualized world of adulthood.

A future can never be certain, but there are things that may help it to become more clear. The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros, is a simplistic yet emotionally moving piece of writing. The narrator is a young Latina girl who has found herself living in a house on Mango Street. Not following a chronological order, the short vignettes give a sense of incomplete endings and a never ending story. Although the book does follow Esperanza’s viewpoint, the book’s title fully embodies the experiences from Esperanza Cordero and the community around her.

In the painting “Nighthawks” it evoked a sad feeling from me. The painting evoked this feeling from me because the people in the painting look like they are isolated and disconnected. The stories “ Thank You M’am” and “The House on Mango Street” are similar to ‘Nighthawks”. The stories are similar to the painting because they both are lonely and depressing. The urban setting impacts lives because it can be hard and stressful to live in the city because when there's a lot of people around you it can be very overwhelming. When people feel overwhelmed then they start feeling sad.