The House On Mango Street: Esperanza
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Sandra Cisnero’s The House on Mango Street, is a well-incorporated
story told through vignettes, shorts sections that piece by piece fit into
a puzzle and reveal a theme. This unique story is about a disadvantaged
young Chicana girl, named Esperanza, growing up in a poor neighborhood
where she ....
Middle of paper
.... is through and lets him know enough is enough. Out the door
he goes. Clothes, records, shoes. Out the window and the door locked.
But that night he comes back and sends a big rock through the window.
Then he is sorry and she opens the door again. Same story ” ( pg. 85 ).
Minerva finds herself forgiving without truly seeing that her husband is
sorry. She used marriage as a way out from her undesirable life, yet her
married life still carries the same characteristics. And so, without
f ....
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Word count: 829
Page count: 4 (approximately 250 words per page)