The book I read was The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. ... They also don't have to share a the yard with the people downstairs because no one lives down stairs it's there house. The house on Mango Street is not what Esperanza thought they would get. The House Esperanza wants, is a house with running pipes, stairs and real hall ways, at least three bathrooms, so you would not have to tell every one when you needed to use the bathroom. ... She thought it was going to be a nice house in a good neighborhood. ...

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When my mother and I arrived at my grandmothers" house, which is where my great grandmother had been staying, my aunts, uncles and cousins were there. ... When I went to her house she used to let me use the sewing machine, and I thought that was the neatest thing in the world. ... "Who's that coming down my stairs, Who's that coming down my stairs, Who's that coming down my stairs, Is it Heather or Nancy?" She would see who was coming down the stairs and would insert their name and then use someone else's name that was staying there for the other name. ... But whe...

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During the summer vacation of my 9th grade, I was spending time with my grandparents at their house in Moga, Punjab. ... As I rushed down the stairs, I could feel the knots in my stomach tighten. ... My parents wouldn't be able to reach my grandparent's house in time and my grandmother was succumbing to her fears. In our part of town, no doctor makes house call. ... First I called a cab to the house. ...

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My fondest childhood memory out of many would probably be Christmas eve night at my Aunt Vicky's house. She lived on a quiet street in Wall, and surrounding her house were several others that resembled hers. ... Through the eyes of a child, her house looked like a mansion. ... She had the stairs that have two sides on them and when you got upstairs, you could overlook the foyer, or the living room. ... Underneath the tree lay countless amounts of presents for everyone in the house that night. ...

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This place was more of a two family house rather than an apartment. ... The house had two stories with the bed rooms upstairs with a bath and the kitchen down stairs. ... This house's most interesting feature however had to be the basement. ... As I was searching for an outfit I heard a loud crash like something smashed into a wall down stairs. ... Needless to say they found me behind the bear, they took me down stairs. ...

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"This was the house Papa talked about when he held a lottery ticket and this was the house Mama dreamed up in the stories she told us before we went to bed." ... (p.86) Esperanza soon got sick of looking at all the nice houses: it just made her more upset and ashamed of her own house. ... (p.29) As a result, Rosa had to spend most of her money on food and could not afford a new or better house, so she is "trapped" within her own house, too. ... In Sally's house her parents are very strict, especially her father. ... "Somebody said because she's too fat, somebody because of the...

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"Bella, Olivia, Come downstairs, breakfast is ready." My mom screams up the stairs. ... This is the house that I have grown up in forever. ... My house looks completely different. ... But that's when we arrived at the house. Looking at the house, I couldn't help but think this house is huge. ...

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I turned around and followed her congratulating myself on thinking up of such a plan, now she will definitely be thrown out of the house for stealing. Mother headed straight for the stairs to the studio, and waited furiously at the top for her to come. As she came up the stairs she gave me a concerned look as she entered the studio to fetch the jewellery box for my mother. ...

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The fresh aroma of Mama's homemade biscuits causes us to leap up from our beds and race down the dark hardwood stairs that creak with each step we take. The creak in the stairs reminds me of the labor of love my daddy exerted when he built this ominous two-story house with the brilliant red roof back in 1902. ... By the time I had spent the afternoon clearing my head and filling it with the natural beauty of the ranch, it was time to meet my sisters back at the house to help Mama assemble our infamous, mouth-watering meal. ... The musty air that fills my lungs as I walk through the dus...

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Taking place inside the couple's household the husband inquires to the wife about why she is always looking out the window from the top of their stairs. ... "(20) It is this portion of the conversation that shows the reader the husband has not noticed the grave of their son from their own house. ... After unleashing bottled up anger at her husband about his lack of public grieving, and realizing she will not be able to make him see from her point of view, she storms from the house leaving her husband behind. ...

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The feeling of home was nowhere to be found in that house that afternoon. ... I awoke the next morning to the same painful feeling that lurked in the house. ... "Dad said we're going to grandma's house for dinner," my sister replied. ... The knot in my throat grew bigger and bigger, and the next thing I knew I was on my way up the stairs. ...

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On Saturday August 3rd 1997 I woke up a ten-year old boy, got out of bed brushed my teeth and ate my breakfast in much haste. I was anticipating the day ahead of me; it was exciting because I was going over to my friends for a sleep over. My mother's best friend with whom she grew up owned the frien...

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"Get up! Were going to be late for church!" Sean's mother yelled. Sean slowly got up out of his bed and made his way towards his dresser. Every other step he took he stepped on some sort of toy or piece of garbage that had been in his room for weeks. He pulled out the yellow painted chipped drawe...

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Walking down the stairs at the end of the school day, I was as happy as can be, because I had brought my rollerblades to school so I could skate at SACC on the black top. ... Approaching our old house on Scott Drive, we went around the side and walked down the cellar steps as we always did. She walked into the house and disappeared into her bedroom, came out, and sat in the middle of the living room floor. ... I rang the doorbell as I always did then walked in and threw my bag by the stairs and looked for my grandma. ... The house was big, a lot bigger than mine, surrounded in woods, tons ...

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Godwin's protagonist is not so much dissatisfied with the traditional role of mother, wife, caretaker and house keeper, but rather quite unhappy with the fact that she feels inadequate in this situation. ... As she opened the door, it was easy for her to clasp her hand around her sister's waist and walk down the stairs. ... Mallard's euphoria was short lived as she came to the bottom of the stairs, saw Richard waiting for them and heard the door opening. ...

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Our house consisted of four bedrooms, two bathrooms, a living room, a kitchen, a garage, a big back yard, and a front patio. ... My dad also told me that I jumped off the stairs yelling out "superman," which caused me to crack the left side of my skull, and luckily it did not do any serious damage. ... She told me that I would run around the house naked singing out some kind of made up language. ...

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Id barricade my door shut every night, the only times I would leave my room was to go to my friends house, school, or to get dinner. ... I quietly snuck down the stairs, and out the door with what felt like a thousand kilograms of luggage on me, I stood outside the front door staring at the long illuminated road ahead of me and myself am I doing the right thing? ... He looked at me with his dead eye sand asked me with a very narrow damp and weak hissing voice and demanded give me some change you don't know what its like over here I cant spare you some change he looked at me with disappo...

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Many issues come up in this small house. ... If they heard any sounds down stairs when there shouldn't be they will become terrified and their imaginations will run wild, or at least Anne's would. ...

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Uncle Don didn't ask Grandpa or Grandma to go down stairs with him. ... This house was built by your great great grandfather. ... It took him three years to build this house. ... The same house my great great grandfather built. ... The house now belongs to the whole family. ...

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After a few minutes of searching around, I decide it was nothing, and went down stairs, got my shoes on, walked outside, and locked the door. ... All of a sudden, I heard a loud scream, come from inside the house. ... I ran out of bed, and down the stairs. ...

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When the mom goes up the stairs the camera angle becomes canted. ... The canted angle allows you to see the mother at the top of the stairs looking down on James and her husband. This also illustrates the failure of the father to be the man of the house. ...

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During their trip the grandmother leads the family down an old dirt road to see a house from her childhood. ... Because the grandmother was too ashamed to tell her son that she was wrong about the house, her family was shot (O"Connor 1428-1439). ... Above she and Claud were people with a lot of money and much bigger houses and much more land. ... The man gets furious at Tanner for the insults and throws him down the stairs where he dies (O"Connor 245-269). ...

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A large portion of the book was at her house in Greenwich Village. ... She showed up at her best friend's house. in the limo, but refused to explain why they were riding in it. ... They made there way to the top of the stairs and turned around to look at the media. ... Mia ended up spending the night at Lilly's house because she didn't want to go home to face whatever her parents had to say about her night at the dance. ...

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Willie asks Charlie if he can borrow money to make a payment on his house and as the conversation progresses Charley learns about Willies unemployment and offers him a job working for him, Willie declines this offer saying that he will be fine. ... Back at the Loman house Linda is finding out that Biff and Happy had abandoned their father at the bar babbling to himself and completely un-aware of what was going on around him. ... Willie, then gathering his coat and hat to leave with Ben is constantly interrupted by Linda, who is calling down the stairs to try and convince Willie to come to be...

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Hale comes to the house looking for him one night. ... Hale come back to the Wright house to investigate while Minnie is in custody. ... The women are down stairs gathering items to take to Minnie when they come across many things that the men would use as evidence. ...

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