- Novel’s title: The House on Mango Street
- Novel’s author: Sandra Cisneros
- Number of pages: 110 pages
- Genre of novel: Fiction
The vocabulary is relatively easy
- Landlord - a person who rents land, a building, or an apartment to a tenant.
- Washroom - a room with washing and toilet facilities.
- Crumbling - breaking or falling apart into small fragments, especially as part of a process of deterioration.
- Obeys - comply with the command, direction, or request of (a person or a law)
- Barratts -
- Responsibility - the state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or of having control over someone.
- Sobbing - noisy crying
- Chandelier - a decorative hanging light with branches for several light bulbs or candles
- Raggedy - scruffy; shabby
- Inherit - receive or be left with (a situation, object, etc.) from a predecessor or former owner.
The title is about a home, a family, and a girl who wants to feel like she belongs to a community. It fights against the expectations we've created based on the title but that isn't the case. Mango Street isn't even in a nice part of the city. It's cramped and falling apart and doesn't even have a backyard to play in.
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review: Overall, The House on Mango Street is a great book. I would recommend this book to any teenager that can possibly relate to the problems that occur in this book. I would recommend it because it's relatable and it can possibly help. I would give this book ⅘ stars. The only thing I would change is how the book was presented. I think the book should have more of an eye catching cover.
Author Related
The section “The Three Sisters” was the most difficult part to write for me. The section “The Three Sisters” is about Lucy and Rachel’s baby sister’s death. It expresses how depressed and uncomfortable Esperanza feels because of the selfish wish she made which was brought to light by the three old aunts. I believe it was the hardest part because multiple components went into this section that was not required in others. Those components include pathos which appeals to emotion and logos which appeal to logic.
Character Related
At the beginning of the novel, Esperanza is not quite ready to emerge from the asexuality of childhood. She is completely unaware about sex and says that boys and girls live in completely different worlds and have different point of views.The first major step in Esperanza’s knowledge of her sexuality is when she and her friends explore the neighborhood in high-heeled shoes. She discovers the power the shoes seem to give her, and she plays with the idea that physical beauty could help her escape her problems. After being sexually assaulted, Esperanza decides to try to forget some of what she has learned about sex in the past year in order to focus on writing.Her writing gives her the means to escape from Mango Street.This change shows that she is becoming an artist, and also that she is becoming more detached from her neighborhood which brings her to more challenges but also helps her solve her problems.
Setting Related
- Year - late 1960s
- Season of the year -
- Amount of time the novel spans -
- Location in the universe - Chicago
- Place where most action occurs-
Plot Related
Exposition: Esperanza and her family move to a one bedroom house on Mango Street in Chicago. While the house is better than the old apartment, it still falls short of her expectations.
Rising Action: Esperanza wants to leave her neighborhood and desires to grow up. She spends time with Sally, a more worldly girl. She gets a job and one of the old men there forces her to kiss him.
Climax: Esperanza's friendship with Sally leads to sexual assault at the carnival.
Falling Action: Esperanza returns her focus to Mango Street and accepts that she belongs there. She rekindles friendships with neighbors and her less mature friends.
Resolution: Esperanza wants to be strong and have a place of her own. She wants to become a writer who is dependent on only herself.
Theme Related
Belonging: “We didn’t always live on Mango Street. Before that we lived on Loomis on the third floor, and before that we lived on Keeler. Before Keeler it was Paulina, and before that I can’t remember. But what I remember most is moving a lot.” This theme is belonging because Esperanza feels like she belongs to a place and she should be there forever.
Self image: “When you leave you must remember to come back for the others. A circle, understand? 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.” This theme is self image because the quote explain what someone thinks of themself.
Sexuality: “In the movie there is always one with red lips who is beautiful and cruel. She is the one who drives the men crazy and laughs them all away. Her power is her own. She will not give it away.” The theme is sexuality because it depicts an image that every girl is supposed to look a certain way and act a certain way but that isn't the case all the time.
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