In 1984, Sandra Cisneros published a collection of forty four vignettes titled The House on Mango Street. ... Sandra Cisneros is described as an "adolescent playing at being an adult" because as a creative writer her mentality is similar to that of a child (McCay 1). ... She wanted to write about something she knew that no one else could write about. Hence, in an interview with Martha Satz, Cisneros admits "I was going through some traumatic experiences at the time, I chose to write about my past-my childhood experiences, my mother, and especially the women in the community"...

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• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the short story, "Eleven"," by Sandra Cisneros, the word of protagonist, Rachel, strengthen the persuasive aspect of the passage more than that of her actions; this is because of the ability of words to elicit sympathy from the readers. ... Secondly, Rachel's words are more effective in eliciting sympathy from readers more than her actions because she uses figurative language to describe in detail her feelings about being eleven. ... I would've known how to tell her it wasn't mine instead of sitting there with that look on my face and nothing coming out of my mouth"" (Cisnero...

• Word Count: 635
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate