The House on Mango Street

Learing Hard “The Lesson” and Sandra Cisneros’ “The House On Mango Street” Everybody once was facing hard and struggles through at a young age learn acceptable differently. In Toni Cade Bambara’s “The Lesson” and Sandra Cisneros “The House On Mango Street,” the protagonists are both young girls and lives in a bad neighborhood who assent to faith in growing up quickly and learning the outside world

resembling it. For example on the house on mango street by Sandra Cisneros. The symbol is the house itself because in the story all she talks about is how the house isn't the best house, but it's better than all the other houses she has lived in. Another example would be the summer from The Flowers by Alice Walker . In the story there was a girl who loses her innocence in childhood and how he story the house on mango street. The main character shows us how her house is the symbol .

"The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros, "Slam, Dunk, and Hook" by Yusef Komunyakaa, and "Abuela Invents the Zero" by Judith Ortiz Cofer, the use of metaphors adds depth to the stories and helps the readers comprehend in different ways. In each of these writings, metaphors are used to help develop themes such as identity, emotions, and relationships. These themes provide the readers with information on the characters, their experiences, and their perspectives. In "The House on Mango Street

In Sandra Cisneros’ “The House On Mango Street”, Esperanza was faced with multiple struggles while living in her house on Mango Street, the theme of gender roles and expectations formed Esperanza in a negative way. From the beginning Esperanza never felt that sense of belonging in the neighborhood because she felt like she wasn't like others in the neighborhood. Almost all of the women on Mango Street had expectations on relying on a man to keep them successful. Yet Esperanza conforms to these expectations

are both there to show us who we are. The House on Mango Street is about a girl named Esperanza, and she is trying to find her place on mango street, and her place in life. Her life is impacted, in good ways and bad, by every person that she meets. We follow her, her family, her friends, and others in her journey of living on mango street, and experience her growing, developing, and experiencing the life made for her. In the book The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, we follow a constant tension

House on Mango Street The story; themes; and implications for teaching from the House on Mango Street come from showing how today’s society has low expectations for those in the inner city. This book can be used to show what inner life is like and how these people are looked at and treated by others in society. Using this book in the classroom can be beneficial because many people have negative preconceptions of what life is really like as a minority. I know that I think of inner city

She also showed her emotions towards her house and it was clear she did not want it and was trying to escape from it.“The House on Mango Street “is about a hispanic girl who is 12 years old in the beginning of the story. The book itself is a collection of vignettes and short stories but it helps the narrative be more descriptive and expand our

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 Street, It says in the text, “it’s small and red with

Sandra Cisneros's House on Mango Street and Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God are two publications that revolve around their protagonist’s journey through maturity and self identity. Both novels focus on crucial moments of their main character’s lives and stories. However, Cisneros writes specifically on Esperanza’s, the protagonist in House on Mango Street, while Hurston focused on Janie’s, the protagonist of Their eyes were watching God, adulthood and marriages. Esperanza’s and

The American Dream Many people want a certain lifestyle. A well-built house, a supporting family, and a stable job. People would usually refer to this way of living as the American Dream. In the novel, The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, she writes short stories representing the American Dream very well. One of the well-known main characters of her stories in the book is a young girl named Esperanza. The Main topic the story revolves around is the difficulties Esperanza and her family