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... Perhaps one of the reasons for Cisneros use of irony in her stories is the irony of her life. ... Cisneros integrates her bilingual knowledge into her stories, using names like Esperanza, which means hope in English. ... Both of the char...

• 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. As each story unfolds, this "power" matures into something much more meaningful. 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. ... While Clemencia's story largely has to do with gaining knowledge the hard ...

• 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. ... The story takes place in a Latino neighborhood in Chicago most likely around the 1960's. ... In my opinion, I thought this book was a very interesting book to read because of all the little stories it had. ...

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