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). ...

• Word Count: 1067
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

In 1984, Sandra Cisneros published a collection of forty four vignettes titled The House on Mango Street. ... Due to parallels between the lives of Cisneros and Esperanza, Esperanza functions as a surrogate for Cisneros. ... 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). ... For Cisneros this artistic gift was writing. ... Study hard"(Cisneros 90-91). ...

• Word Count: 2834
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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. ...

• Word Count: 1031
• Approx Pages: 4
• 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...

• Word Count: 483
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 929
• Approx Pages: 4
• 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

The book The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros takes place on a run down street in Chicago called Mango Street. The main character of this book is a 13 or 14-year-old girl named Esperanza. Throughout this book she is faced with many different feelings and learns a lot of lessons in life. T...

• Word Count: 1279
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Parents are very influential in the way their child views his or her surroundings. The majority of children get their thoughts, ideas and views from their parents. When poverty is present in a child's life it tends to shape the way he or she view things in the world. Finally, the immediate surrou...

• Word Count: 1635
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School