The house on mango street by sandra cisneros PDF

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Name of the title : The house on mango street Author

: Sandra cisneros

Number of pages: 103 Identtity of the book :Ficton,Novel

The House on Mango Street Summary The House on Mango Street is a book of fortyfour vignettes, showing what life is like when a little girl grows up. In the novel, Esperanza Cordero, the narrator and central character, learns the traditions and stereotypes of Hispanic growing up.

Esperanza first introduces us to the places she lived in, none of them live up to her standards and everything her parents considered 'temporary'. When her family finally moves into a house (instead of just an apartment) they can call their own, Esperanza is disappointed again; It's not the nice house, with a nice garden and big windows that she always wanted.

She introduces her family, which consists of her mother, father, two brothers and her younger sister, Nenny (for whom she feels responsible). She talks about how she wants to have friends, but has none. She also gets along well with how small she likes her name, as she feels like she set her up bad for life. Although the name Esperanza means hope in English, in Spanish it stands sad and waiting. This explanation introduces the reader to what needs to get through most of the book: the story of a girl who is generally unhappy and always seems to be waiting for the better things to come.

Esperanza introduces her neighbors. They are people from all walks of life: crazy kittens, daydreaming teens, criminals, excitable girls, and more. Esperanza, among the people

around her, describes her morals and beliefs. She thinks that people who come near her are usually scared (it is pointed out that the residents appear ghetto or are dangerous because they are poor and not Caucasian) and that the Spanish girls should take care of their families. It also implies that Hispanic fathers are heavy and that children (especially girls) are afraid of them.

There is a vignette about shoes, in which Esperanza, her sister and the two girls who have been deployed by the door, are given a nice pair of high-heeled shoes. They are very adult shoes. We can get a look at how much Esperanza wants to grow up, but after they are approached by a vagrant, who offers a dollar to kiss them, she and the others aren't upset

when the shoes are thrown away. Here the reader sees Esperanza's diverse and complex feelings about age; she wants to grow up and get away from her life on Mango Street, but she's also afraid of the thought of it.

The sticker "Hips" gives the reader a clear view of the two sides. Esperanza suddenly develops a feminine body, but still plays double Dutch with her friends and recites childish rhymes. Immediately follows is an explanation of how she gets her first job. She is forced into a kiss by an old man at work. She's not happy about it and it's not the last time a male character will attack her. A recurring theme is how, according to her, boys and men are not respectful of girls and women.

She describes the death of a few family members. With them we see Esperanza's grief and guilt. She seems to care a lot about people, despite the fact that they have a very “teenage” superficial image. We also learn that she believes in luck counters. After her aunt Lupe dies, shortly after telling Esperanza she should keep writing, Esperanza is going to tell her happiness.

The reader is introduced to more characters, each portraying Esperanza's feelings through her responses to their situations. Her mother is sad she didn't become a painter, and we see Esperanza's inspiration to succeed. We meet a neighbor who is beaten by her husband, and Esperanza says she won't sit back and wait to put a bullet and chain around her neck.

The end of the book puts Esperanza's story in full circle: she's back to thinking of herself as just an ugly daughter who longs for more in her life. However, she says, "I have started my own silent war," indicating that she plans to change the things that they don't accept, as if they feel inadequate, be seen as "just an inferior girl" and in the way what men expect her to live on. She decides she has a home that is all her own, not her father's or anyone else's. She will have something to call her. The main characters are Espereanza,Rachel and Lucy,Sally,nenny,Marin,papa,mama,Alicia,Cathy The setting of the story is a poor hispanic neighorhood in chicago. Judging from the cars people drive,it is probaly the 1960’s. The neighborhood is very close-knit, full of

immigrants who do not speak english well and rarely leave the neighborhood. The struggle for self-definition is a common theme in a coming-of-age novel, or bildungsroman, and in The House on Mango Street, Esperanza's struggle to define herself underscores her every action and encounter. I as in don’t like this book because I prefer an story full of action or romance...