Sexuality and gender are major themes in The House on Mango Street. ... Being valued by men becomes very important for the women on Mango Street because it means an escape for them. ... Esparanza can see that many of the women on Mango Street, like her grandmother, have been held down by the men in their lives. ... The women on Mango Street have been a major influence on Esparanza. ... You will always be Mango Street. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Sandra Cisnieros depicts women as slaves in society who are ruled by an iron fist of males in The House on Mango Street. ... The House on Mango Street brings forth circumstances where women have been sought as possessions, and also become subject to oppression by the fanaticism of males in today's society. ... For example, in the vignette "Alicia Who Sees Mice," Alicia, whose mother died and has now inherited her mothers obligations of being the maid of the house, has to wake up at the crack of dawn to make tortillas for her father's lunchbox. ... The women in on Mango St. never r...

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Further more she wants to get out of this culture for reasons other than her desire for a larger house. ... Her husband beats her and after she leaves the house he always apologizes. ... Women are unsuccessful at this probably even more so because they are in a social and ethnic cycle that is hard to break out of once you get into the network Class is constructed in a sense that one would wonder whether having money or not would make any difference for the people who live on Mango Street. If Mango Street was in an upscale neighborhood would it really make a difference in relation to the ...

• Word Count: 1127
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School