One of America's widely appreciated writers is the joyful, Mexican­-American Sandra Cisneros. ... Today, Sandra Cisneros lives in central Mexico and travels around the world doing book signings and readings to dedicated fans. On December 20th, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois, Elvira Cordero Anguiano and Alfredo Cisneros had given birth to the new member of their family, Sandra Cisneros. ... Sandra Cisneros is a woman who has given so much back to her readers, and of course has received a lot from them in thanks. ... Sandra Cisneros has accomplished so much. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Sandra Cisneros grew up as one of the seven children in an traditional Mexican family. ... Cisneros always had to find a way to grab attention in her family. ... When Cisneros's father said, "siete hijos"(paragraph), he meant seven children, but Cisneros was sensitive and felt left out and got offended by the mistranslation. ... In Cisneros's culture, a woman's place was in the home. ... When I read this I felt sorry for Cisneros. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In Sandra Cisneros' novella, "The House on Mango Street," a thirteen year old girl named Esperanza takes the audience through a series of events as if they are living Esperanza's life with her. Cisneros vividly describes the many troubles Esperanza faces in 1970's Chicago. ... "He never hits hard" (Cisneros 92). ... A house all my own " (Cisneros 108). ... Sandra Cisneros discernibly dedicates this book "to the women" so that they realize the only way they will be able to succeed and become equal to men is by becoming educated. ...

• Word Count: 1139
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Sandra Cisneros' The House on Mango Street follows the story of a young girl named Esperanza and her life experiences growing up on Mango Street, the all-Hispanic community at which people of opulence look down upon and grimace. ... " (Cisneros 16), shows the simple happiness and innocence of Esperanza. ... Today we are Cinderella" (Cisneros 40), comparing themselves to a fairytale princess. ... " (Cisneros 41), one calls out. ... " (Cisneros 73). ...

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I can relate to Sandra Cisneros in her essay "Only Daughter.... In her essay, Sandra wrote about how her father had wanted her to find a great husband and have children. ... And just like Sandra did, I too decided to follow my own identity and not the standards of my culture or the ones that society has set in place. ...

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Sandra Cisnieros depicts women as slaves in society who are ruled by an iron fist of males in The House on Mango Street. ... In addition, in the chapter "Minerva Writes Poems," Sandra Cisneros depicts the sad existence of a girl not much older than Esperanza. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, Esperanza is an extremely tragic character. ... Specifically, in the opening statement, Cisneros addressed the issue directly. ... So, obviously, Cisneros means to drill the idea about beauty into our heads. ... This was an interesting technique that Cisneros utilized. ... Sandra Cisneros obviously spent much time showing readers what to do and what not to do. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Almost every woman's dream is to marry a handsome, loving, and caring man to live a life of happiness and success with. That is the how most television shows depict life as. In reality life isn't always what it seems to be as on television. That is clearly shown in the protagonist in Sandra Cisne...

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Poet Maya Angelo aptly stated, "I am convinced that most people do not grow up... We carry accumulation of years in our bodies, and on our faces, but generally our real selves, the children inside, are innocent and shy as magnolias." Similarly, an American writer Sandra Cisneros in her story "Ele...

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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. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The book I read was The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. The House on Mango Street is a book about culture of Chicanos, also known as Mexican Americans. It is about a girl named Esperanza who moves into a new house on Mango Street. Before she moved to Mango Street she lived on Loomis...

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Sandra Cisneros, "The Monkey Garden", addresses the emotions that occur during this drastic transition through the view of Esperanza. ... Cisneros describes the garden in using great visual description "There were sunflowers as big as flowers on Mars and dizzy bees and bow-tied fruit flies turning somersaults and humming in the air." (164). ... Next, Cisneros describes the actions and games, which take place in the garden along with Esperanza own reasons for going there. ... This analysis made Cisneros show Esperanza desire to fight the process of aging and maturing by running from it. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

For example, how Sandra Cisneros talks about in her article ' 'Only Daughter,'' about a writer who had six brothers and would be forced to spent time with herself because her brothers would not let her play with them because they were embarrassed to be seen playing with a girl in public. ...

• Word Count: 996
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School