1. Lonely Man Lonely Woman
Sandra Cisneros" short story "There Was a Man, There Was a Woman" has an overriding theme of loneliness, and incorporates a great deal of irony, symbolism, and repetitious language. ... As Cisneros reminisces in On Writing she says "Some of the stories he has told about his first months in the United States with little or no English surface in my stories... The theme could also come from the many times Cisneros herself has felt alone in past experiences, such at the Iowa Writers Workshop about which she says "I felt foreign and out of place" (247). ... Along with irony and symbolism, Cisner...
- Word Count: 1202
- Approx Pages: 5
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: High School