Sandra Oh

Class, gender, race, and sexuality have long been issues in our society that are often written about. The books The House on Mango Street and The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao are both written about these issues, sometimes subtly and at other times very obviously. The House on Mango Street is about a young Mexican-American girl, Ezperanza, who grows up quickly in the year that the book takes place making it a coming-age-story that many people can relate to. During the course of the novel, Ezperanza

The dedication of Sandra Cisneros’ The House on Mango Street is written simply as this: “A las Mujeres / To the Women.”. Cisneros is an award-winning American writer born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. Cisneros has written many books and stories, one of them being The House on Mango Street, which tells the story, through vignettes, of a young girl named Esperanza. Esperanza faces many challenges because of her gender and observes and narrates women who are also faced with conflicts due to their

Judging a person, place, or thing can have some major effects. In the novel The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros a girl name Esperanza trying to figure out herself in a rundown neighborhood where women are hardly encouraged to express themselves or even to explore the world around them. Judgement is what drives the characters decisions and actions. In the world she lives in, people are expected to act and think a different way than the outside world. If you do not live to their standards

In the novel,The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, the theme of innocence is conveyed. In the story, Esperanza, a young Mexican teen, experiences boys being unjust towards her friend Sally. She decides to take action which results in her being taunted and mocked by Sally and the boys. After this occurs, she says “They all looked at me as if I was the one that was crazy and that made me feel ashamed” (Cisneros). This shows that her society and the people she associates herself with do not

Imagery: “It’s small and red with tight steps in the front and windows so small that you’d think they were holding their breath. Bricks crumbling in places, and the front door is so swollen you have to push hard to get in. There is no front yard just, only four elms the city planted by the curb. Out back is a small yard that looks smaller between the two buildings on either side” (Cisneros 4). Personification: “... windows so small that you’d think they were holding their breath… ” (Cisneros 4)

Reading I don’t really like it , but my english teacher made our whole class read this book The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros. It's about a girl named Esperanza who moves to this small red house. She can’t wait to move into her dream house. First, Esperanza is shocked and a little upset,she ends up having to move again, and she told was told that it was going to be a big dream house her parents told her about. She soon finds out it's a small red house. In chapter one The House on Mango

Esperanza, a young girl is a narrator of The House on Mango Street (Cisneros, 1954). Since she was very young, her family have moved place a lot as much as she does not remember where she used to live. This story talk about houses she used to live and house she and her family desire to live in. The main character is Esperanza, and the narrator is also she. The author uses first person point of view in this story. It helps readers evoke some special feeling to story and give attachment to the story

I chose question number 6, which asks ‘Why does Esperanza disapprove of the house on Mango Street? One of the reasons Esperanza disapproves of the house on Mango Street is she is tired of moving so much. She refers to this in the very first paragraph of the story when she says "But what I remember most is moving a lot." Another reason Esperanza does not like the house on Mango Street is because she feels as if her parents lied to her or exaggerated about the house and how it would be perfect and

In the story House on Mango Street written by Sandra Cisneros, the narrator Esperanza faces serious identity issues. These issues revolve around her self esteem, social status, and ethnicity. A good way to describe Esperanza and her issues is a red balloon tied to an anchor. The anchor is herself, and the balloon is what she wants to be, and she’s holding herself down. In the chapter “Boys and Girls” Esperanzas says “Until then I am just a red balloon, a balloon tied to an anchor.” Esperanza is the

In the book, The House on Mango Street, four characters named Esperanza, Sally, Rafaela, and Marin are introduced. Sally and Rafaela are the most similar. They both have men in their lives that fear their beauty. Also, their families find dancing troubling. Sally and Rafaela both have men in their lives that fear their beauty. The men are afraid of the consequences that their beauty may bring. “Her father says to be this beautiful is trouble,” (81). Sally’s father worries that his daughter’s beauty