Only Daughter by Sandra Cisneros Essay

In life people have something that is holding them back. It is how they choose to react that makes them who they are. In the novella The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, Esperanza goes through many challenges and poverty only makes them harder. The novella is about a girl named Esperanza. She lives in a Mexican neighborhood with her family. They do not have much money so that causes many conflicts throughout the novella. The novella starts when she is younger and shows some problems…

shown through the novella The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. The House on Mango Street takes place in a mexican neighborhood which isn’t the best. It’s a poor, rough, and not very friendly neighborhood. The book starts when she is 12 or 13 and talks about her life and challenges till age 17 or 18. Esperanza negative view of herself slowly changes as she begins to focus on her larger community and her place within it. Through this, Cisneros shows that knowing and accepting where one…

My Response on Eleven In the literary text “Eleven” by Sandra Cisseros, the author expresses all of the different feelings about being eleven years older that the character Rachel is experiencing as she describes her eleventh birthday. Through the text Cisseros appeals to the emotion of the audience, creates imagery, and applies details from home life to characterize Rachel. Today is Rachel’s eleventh birthday, yet she doesn’t quite feel eleven. At least least, “Not right away. It takes a few…

In Sandra Cisneros’ “House On Mango Street” Esperanza experiences a moment of identity through her appearance. In the vignette, Chanclas, She is insecure about what her feet look like because they are supposedly so big, but she ended up noticing that nobody else noticed or cared. But the question is, did anybody actually notice or care about what she or her feet looked like? The answer is no, nobody noticed. In the vignette, “those who don’t” is about Esperanza talking about people who don’t…

when she is holding you and you feel safe” (Cisneros 6-7). The quote shows that Esperanza is a dependent person and unconfident in her life, because when he mom holds her hands, Esperanza feels secure and confident. Another quote shows how immature she was when she said “They are stupid people who are lost and…

Adolescence and Sexual Development in The House on Mango Street: How It Relates to Modern Society In Sandra Cisneros’ novel The House on Mango Street, a major theme is adolescence and the developing awareness of the opposite gender, which subsequently leads to a loss of innocence. One of the first places that these themes are seen is the chapter “Hips.” With the statement, “One day you wake up and they are there. Ready and waiting like a new Buick with the keys in the ignition” (49), this…

In the novel House On Mangoes Street by Sandra Cisneros, the women are depicted as weak yet the anchors of the family. For example, Rafaela who has to sacrifice her desires and her wishes so her husband can pursue his. The text states “Rafaela leans out the window and leans on her elbow and dreams like her hair is life Rapunzel’s. On the corner there's music from the bar, and Rafaela wishes she could go there and dance before she gets old.” Women like Rafaela, The Vargas mom, and Esperanza’s…

high heels, when she put them on and walked in town with the shoes on , Cisneros states “ them are dangerous, you girls are too young to be wearing shoes like that” The heels made Esperanza look older and more mature. Since Esperanza looked older, men were confronting her and she did not feel comfortable, soon after she took of the heels. Even the slightest thing can affect someone's appearance. Even though Esperanza was only wearing heels it made her realize to be more careful and the mature.…

The American Dream Have you ever wondered what it took to live the American Dream? In the “House on mango street” By Sandra Cisneros it shows the things you need to live the perfect american life. The main character in the story is Esperanza,she is a young girl who lives with her family in a small house on mango street. The story takes place in chicago, Esperanza and her five other family members live.Her family is very poor and they don't live the american dream. Her family faces many…

The Life to Live Is the dream you living the America dream? The author to the book The House on Mango Street is Sandra ciseros. The main character in the book is Esperanza a girl that she created and has some similar characteristics. The story of The House on Mango Street is about a young girl that struggles with money and lives in a house with two boys and one sister in Chicago. The obstacles to the American Dream are trust/honesty, lack of poverty, and lack of time (family). First of…