The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros and The Elephant Man by Christine Sparks are novels in which the main characters are both searching for their identity in a society where they are not accepted. In The House on Mango Street, a young girl names Esparanza is self-conscious about her home, her appearance, and her name. ... The House On Mango Street is a novel which traces Esperanza Cordero's childhood through a series of stories about her family, neighborhood, and secret dreams. ... The novel begins when the Cordero family moves into a new house on Mango Street. ... At the end...

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The House On Mango Street Do you think it is hard being a teenager, growing up with everything that is going on today like; drugs, alcohol, sex, adolescence, maturity and all the peer pressure from older siblings, friends and even in some cases strangers? In this book House on Mango Street a girl deals with these issues in many different circumstances. ... This quote shows the peer pressure that teens deal with, saying if you go to public school you will not go anywhere in life. ...

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In this paper, I will explain the attitudes of the sub-man, serious man, nihilist, adventurer, and passionate person as explained by Simone De Beauvoir. I will show how freedom is neglected in each attitude due to inconsistency and the fear of facing reality. In De Beauvoir's book "The Ethics of Am...

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• Grade Level: High School