One of America's widely appreciated writers is the joyful, Mexican­-American Sandra Cisneros. ... 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. ... It was about what she had wanted to write about, not what she thought everyone else had wanted to read. ...

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Sandra Cisneros grew up as one of the seven children in an traditional Mexican family. ... Throughout the story Cisneros speaks about how isolated her family made her feel. ... Cisneros also talks about her Mexican culture and the impact it had on her. ... 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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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 41), one calls out. Still innocent and not knowing what or who he was talking about, Esperanza looks around and notices, "there is nobody around but us" (Cisneros 41). ... Benny warns them about the shoes, calling them "dangerous", but they ignore him and strut on. ... " (Cisneros 73). ...

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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...

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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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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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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...

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• Has Bibliography
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That is clearly shown in the protagonist in Sandra Cisneros's "Woman Hollering Creek." ... Her expectations were too high, but when she saw they were not met, she didn't seem too upset about it. ...

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" Similarly, an American writer Sandra Cisneros in her story "Eleven" shows the enigmatic journey of growing up through the eyes of an eleven year old child. ... The story opens with Rachel's reflection on the nature of time as she thinks about her own birthday. ... Rachel wanted to cry, but tried to think about a birthday cake for her that evening to celebrate her eleventh birthday. ... It seems clear that Rachel is a very reflective child who thinks deeply about abstract matters such as the passage of time and the meaning of age. ... " The use of these terms shows t...

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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. ... She was never serious about this corpo...

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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. ... She is embarrassed about the house she lives in, the family always had to share rooms. ... The book is mainly about a poor family trying to live in a nice house, but they can't because they don't have the money....

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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. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School