The House on Mango Street

negative effect on the women that live on mango street. “The boys and girls live in separate worlds”(cisneros8) this was said because the men and women have completely different roles in this book. “ but I think this is a Chinese lie because the Chinese, like the Mexicans, don’t like their women strong“(10) the men don’t like strong independent women because the women have the possibility of having more power, they like them to cook clean and basically be a house wife. “she looked out the window her whole

Sandra Cisneros, an Hispanic-American author, is most known for her first novel, The House on Mango Street. The story follows a young Latina girl named Esperanza who moves to a low-income Chicago neighborhood and encounters new people and experiences new challenges, one of which is the struggle of choosing to be desired and looked at by men or being independent. Most, if not all, of the women in the novel are often perceived as powerless since they are usually stuck in some type of relationship,

The House on Mango Street In the book, The House on Mango Street Sandra Cisneros shows us many examples of women through the eyes of a young girl named Esperanza. Esperanza constantly sees the negative side of society standards toward women. Being pressured to marry from her culture and community; Esperanza questions her future and concludes that she wants to be independent and not rely on a man for happiness. Cisneros suggest to the reader that being a women doesn’t define your

The House on Mango Street A las Mujeres, to the women. Sandra Cisneros shows her female support and her hispanic background. This book is short personal stories about a female who is discovering herself and seeing how most women are actually treated. It reveals many ideas about growth, identity, and the roles women play. In House on Mango Street, author Sandra Cisneros presents the idea that women live different lives in society, this becomes clear to the reader by showing women in a nearly powerless

is the American Dream? According to Merriam Webster it is a “Happy way of living that is thought by many Americans as something that can be achieved by anyone in the U.S. especially by working hard and becoming successful.” In the book The House on Mango Street we see the life of a girl named Esperanza and her struggles it is then shown that many people are trying to reach the American Dream but are not able to. To Her Mama it would be the fact that she was shameful back when she was a child and

dreams of the perfect home, with beautiful flowers and a room for everyone. When she moves to the house of Mango Street, reality is so different than the dream. In this story, hope (Esperanza) sustains tragedy. The house she dreamed of was another on. It was one of her own. One where she did not have to share a bedroom with everyone. That included her mother, father and two siblings. The run down tiny house has "bricks crumbling in places". The one she dreamed of had a great big yard, trees and 'grass

In The House on Mango Street, the vignette “The Family of Little Feet” first seems like a random story, and is often disregarded, overlooked, and labeled “insignificant” because the story is oriented around three pairs of high-heeled shoes that arealmost immediately thrown away. As a result, seems like an arbitrary story that isn’t connected with the other vignettes. However, after careful reading, the story is relevant to the story since the shoes are a symbol that helps us further understand the

The House On Mango Street written by Sandra Cisnero was a very well thought-out and well written novel that I enjoyed thoroughly. The novel is compiled with many short stories, vignettes from the perspective of the main character, Esperanza Cordero. The vignettes are about her life living in the neighbourhood of Mango Street. I compare myself to a character... I compare myself to Esperanza because of the age is and how mature she becomes through the course of the book. Esperanza is going thru changes

At one point women were seen to only cook and clean, it was culture and the norm. Although times have changed, and women have expressed their abilities and shown what they can do more and more. Sandra Cisneros shows this in her novella, The House on Mango Street. Cisneros expresses the thoughts and feelings of the main character, Esperanza, and others through multiple vignettes. They grow up in a culture and society that wants them to express who they are not meant to be. Alicia and Esperanza see their

The House on Mango Street is a collection of short stories written by Sandra Cisneros. Cisneros is a Mexican-American who grew up poor. The House on Mango Street tells stories about Mexican Americans like Sandra and obstacles in the way of reaching the American Dream. The American Dream is the equal opportunity for all Americans no matter the race to living a healthy lifestyle. What stands in the way for the residents of Mango Street of reaching a healthy lifestyle. The biggest obstacles in the