Bums In The Attic Analysis

1. Esperanza will donate to the poor considering the fact that she previously stated one of the previous vignettes titled “Bums in the Attic” “One day I’ll own my own house, but I won’t forget who I am or where I came from. Passing bums will ask, Can I come in? I’ll offer them the attic, ask them to stay, because I know how it is to be without a house.”, which highlights her generosity and her willingness to help others. Her role as writer gives her a huge amount of responsibility to change her community since she inspires hope in the heart of her community with her vignettes the few times she has read them and her family has continued to encourage her. This is evident in the vignette “Born Bad”, were her aunt states “That’s nice. That’s

The story would have been different if she would have lived in a suburban/ rural area since there would have not been this amount of crime influencing the novel. This amount of crime could be illustrated in the Red Clowns were Esperanza describes being raped, “The one who grabbed me by the arm, he wouldn’t let me go. He said I love you, Spanish girl, I love you, and pressed his sour mouth against mine.” The lesser amount of crime in the rural/suburban areas could also result in the story have a slightly more positive tone, although still negative considering the fact that the struggle of minorities theme and the women’s rights theme would still be embedded throughout the novel. The novella’s message would change if the author was not Latino or a man, since one of the main themes of the title are women’s rights, and the struggle of Latino’s. Latino culture could be seen throughout the novella. This can be seen by the titles alone such as that use various Spanish words or common Hispanic names such as “Chanclas”, “Papa Who Wakes Up Tired in the Dark”, “Meme Ortiz” and others. The impact of Cisneros as women could be seen throughout the novella, discussing the subject of rape, marrying young, the position of women’s rights, and domestic abuse which can be seen in the vignettes “Red Clowns”, in which Esperanza gets raped; “Linoleum Roses”, were Sally marries when she is in the seventh grade; “The House on Mango Street” which discusses how although women’s rights are

Cisneros idea of making the novel “House on Mango Street” easy to understand is ingenious considering the fact that the easier diction throughout the “House of Mango Street” allows all ages to relate to the messages expressed throughout the vignettes. However, this ease of accessibility does not take away from the quality of art of “The House on Mango Street” since there is both a literal meaning which is easy to understand for all ages and a figurative one which can be compared to higher works of literature. An example of this literal and figurative meaning could be seen in the vignette “Hairs”, which at first glance, seems like a simple observation, one that a kid of younger age would make, which allows it to relate to younger kids. However, its figurative meaning, means much more and could be interpreted at so many levels. It represents the different type of personality’s within one’s household relating it to the different types of hairs. This is seen when Esperanza compares her mother hair to bread “But my mother’s hair, my mother’s hair, like little rosettes, like little candy circles all curly and pretty because she pinned it in pin curls all day, sweet to put your nose into when she is holding you, holding you and you feel safe, is the warm smell of bread before you bake it, is the smell when she makes room for you on her side of the bed will warm with her skin and you sleep near her, the rain outside falling and Papa snoring. The snoring the rain and Mama’s