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. ... Every other Friday the woman drank her beer and laughed loudly" (Cisneros 237). ... As the only girl in a family of seven children, Cisneros spent a lot of time by herself. ... Along with irony and symbolism, Cisneros uses a great deal of repetition. ... Cisneros loves to portray woman as equal to, or greater than men. ...

• Word Count: 1202
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Although the short stories, Never Marry a Mexican, Woman Hollering Creek, and La Fabulosa: A Texas Operetta by Sandra Cisneros portray stories of "male superiority," if one were to search deeper, traces of womanly power can certainly be discovered. ... Through these three stories, Cisneros illustrates power as: learning and developing it; having confidence and demonstrating it; and simply possessing it as sheer authority and control. ... The last variation of power to be exemplified by Cisneros is located in her story, La Fabulosa: A Texas Operetta. ...

• Word Count: 747
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The House on Mango Street is a short novel written by a Latina author known as Sandra Cisneros. Today she is a well-known author in Chicanos Literature mainly because of this novel. The story takes place in a Latino neighborhood in Chicago most likely around the 1960's. The novel's to protagonist i...

• Word Count: 1313
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School