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In The House On Mango Street By Sandra Cisneros

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In the House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros portrays men as very abusive and harsh people to women. This conflict between gder and In the House on Mango Esperanza's society, men abused women and took advantage. Esperanza was a person that was always afraid of boys. She gets raped by a man who she does not know at a carnival."The one who robbed me by the arm. He would not let go. He said "I love you, Spanish girl, I love you, and pressed his sour mouth against mine. I could not do anything but cry."(Cisneros 100). The boy liked Esperanza and since she was a girl, he just came and raped her like it was ok. Next off, an older oriental man kissed Esperanza as if she did not care ."He said it was his birthday and would I please give him a Birthday …show more content…

Sally lived in an abusive relationship with her husband just to flee Mango Street for a better house and financial life."Except he won't let her look out the window. And he doesn't like her friends. So nobody gets to visit her unless he is working".(Cisneros 100). Sally was living in an abusive relationship with her husband because she is not financially independent. Since her husband is supporting her, Sally could not do anything to defend herself. Her husband is taking advantage of this because he is a man and he is financially independent. He would not let Sally do anything without his permission. Secondly, Tito and his friends stole Sally's keys until she kissed them."Sally went behind the blue pickup to kiss the boys and get her keys back".(Cisneros 97). Due to the fact that Tito and his friends had the upper hand, they took advantage of Sally. She didn't have the room to say no either because she needed the keys. Sally was at such a disadvantage because there were more boys on Tito's side and because she was light minded towards boys. Moreover, Tito's group was taking advantage of Sally falling into the trap. Finally, Sally gets abused by her father. He beats her up all of the time with his fist and belt."But who believes her. A girl that big, a girl who comes in with her pretty face all beaten and black cannot be falling off the stairs. He never hits me hard".(Cisneros 92). Since Sally was being a

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She is a Puerto Rican girl that wants “someone to change her life” and spends her days babysitting at her house (27). Esperanza gets the idea of marrying a rich man to get out of Mango Street. Marin also tells her about boys “is for the boys to see us and for us to see them” (27). These two ideas Marin shared with Esperanza shows how she can leave Mango Street and live a better life. To conclude, Sally, Mom, and Marin are the three most influential characters in the novel The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros for opening abusive relationships, staying in school for the better, and leaving poverty by marrying a rich man to the main character

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Sandra Cisneros in the novel The House on Mango Street writes about culture, racism, languages, names, poverty, discrimination, friends and family to convey that racism causes insecurities in cultures. Esperanza is a dreamer, independent and occasionally unmindful. Cisneros shows that Esperanza is a dreamer when she describes the house Esperanza imagines what her new house would look like. Because Esperanza said “Our house would be white with trees around it, a great big yard and grass growing without a fence” [Cisneros 4] readers can infer that Esperanza is a dreamer. By using a metaphor, Cisneros shows that Esperanza is independent. When Esperanza, opinionated and insecure, said “Nenny is too young to be my friend…

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The story The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros is a story representing a substantial amount of themes to represent copious different ideas. The main character is a girl named Esperanza coming of age and she often describes herself and her street in vivid details. Throughout the story, Esperanza goes through numerous different perspective altering events throughout the story that shape her as a person through the themes and ideas that vary from chapter to chapter. A main idea from the vignette Rice Sandwich is about the experience of shame along with how it changed her outlook on the ways of the world along with the natural order that wealth brings. This vignette is about Esperanza’s desire to be able to accomplish something that

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One of the most important examples of the abuse is in the vignette What Sally Said, “Until the way Sally tells it, he just went crazy, he just forgot he was her father between the buckle and the belt” (93). In his fits of rage it is as if Sally’s dad does not know who she is and continues to blindly hit her until he has calmed down again. With

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The House on Mango Street is set in a poor, primarily Hispanic neighborhood. Author Sandra Cisneros creates an atypical, yet easily digestible world for the reader to experience while learning about Esperanza’s childhood. The culture of her environment influences Esperanza’s development as she becomes a young woman, and contributes to the book’s driving theme of self-empowerment. Mango Street is the source of Esperanza’s growth through her childhood, and it hides sadness and longing underneath stereotypes of Hispanic people. The characters that live in the broken-down neighborhood all seem to represent pigeonholed views of Latino individuals.

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In the House on Mango Street, Esperanza is seeking for an identity of her own. In her current neighborhood, she struggles with economic, cultural, and gender based barriers to personal growth, and she believes that changing her surroundings is her solution; however, she realizes that to discover her identity, her ultimate destination is a home in the heart. The house on Mango Street was one that was the opposite of what Esperanza had dreamt her entire life. The house is, “…small and red with tight steps in front and windows so small you 'd think they were holding their breath... bricks...crumbling in places, and the front door...so swollen you have to push hard to get in". (Cisneros 5)

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The House on Mango Street is a touching and timeless tale told in short vignettes. It tells the story of a young Latina girl growing up in Chicago. Her life, and the lives of the people around her, are laid bare to the readers in this touching novella. In the beginning, Esperanza is not accepting of herself. Her family’s poor financial situation, the sadness of the people around her, and the problems she faces in her daily life make her very cynical.

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“No, this isn’t my house I say and shake my head as if shaking could undo the year I’ve lived here (Cisneros 106).” This quote shows Esperanza’s unwillingness of accepting her poor neighbourhood because of the violence and inequality that has happened in it. In the House on Mango Street, the author, Sandra Cisneros, shows that there is a direct link between inequality, violence and poverty. The House on Mango Street shows women are held back by the inequalities that they face. Cisneros shows that racism prevents individuals from receiving job opportunities which leads to poverty and violence.

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