Reading No. 7 "The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros

Sandra Cisneros



Title: The House on Mango Street


Author: Sandra Cisneros



Date: 1983



Setting (time and place):  This piece of literature takes place in The House on Mango street.



Event (conflict, important information, touching passage, question): This story begin with the story of Esperanza's family moving to a new house. The first house that the family owns. Moving to a new house also means moving to a new environment in which Esperanza is able to witness different social problems such as poverty and crime.




Characters:


Esperanza Cordero: She is Chicana and the narrator of the story. She is only twelve years old. Through the story it is evidenced her change from being a girl to a woman. 
Nenny: Her real name is Magdalena and she is Esperanza's little sister. Esperanza is always taking care of her and their relation is not the best.
Mama: She is originally from the United states. She is very admired by Esperanza.
Papa: Esperanza’s father. He is from Mexico. He is full of dream and ambitions about having a new house.
Carlos y Kiki: They are Esperanza's younger brothers. They are secondary characters of the story and appear to be a point of comparison between male and female in the story. 

Memorable quote / favorite part: I liked the Vignette that is called "Laughter" because even though the relationship between Esperanza and Nenny is not so good, or At least Esperanza doesn´t feel proud about her sister, Esperanza admits that there are some features that they share. 


How did it make me feel? / can I make any connection to my life?

Something that called my attention was the way in which Esperanza started to change from a little girl to become a woman. In some cases, she was being judged because her way of dressing since "a little girl shouldn’t use high heels." I think that most of us went through a situation like that at some point of our lives in which we believe that nobody understands us. I think that this condition may even be harder for Chicano people since they have this mixture of cultures and the feeling of not belonging that it carries.

Comentarios

Publicar un comentario

Entradas más populares de este blog

Reading No. 8 Poems "Chinese Silence No. 22" and "Chinese Silence No. 30" by Timothy Yu

Imagen
Timothy Yu Title:  Chinese Silence No. 22 Author:  Timothy Yu  Date: 2016 Setting (time and place):   There is not mention of a specific place, juts vague descriptions of China towns. Event (conflict, important information, touching passage, question):  The main conflict is the way in which Chinese culture co exists with other cultures in a foreign environment. Most of the time they have to remain silence trying to be unnoticed trying not to cause any disturb.  Characters: There is not a specific character, but there are descriptions of different cultures The Italians : Making pasta. The French:  Making French things. The Chinese:  cultivating silence. The Americans:  in their sport utility vehicles. The Canadian:  behaving reasonably. Memorable quote / favorite part:  "Which silence it is hardly seems to matter / though many have a favorite / out of the 100 different kinds— / the Silence of the Wel
Leer más

Reading No. 2 Poems: "If I Laid Them End to End" & "Sometimes I Feel Like all Indians"

Imagen
Kimberly Blaeser Title:   "If I Laid Them End to End" Author:  Kimberly Blaeser Date:  2007 Setting (time and place):  Since this poem is composed by three different stories, it has different settings. The first one there is no clear evidence of the time and settings, but it mentions a knife-marred counter in which conversations spills like sunshine. The second story doesn't mention its time either, but it mentions a burned farm, and a Strawberry mountain. The last story mentions two old fishermen that ended up drunk in a canoe; this means that probably they are on a lake or in a sea. Event (Conflict, important information, touching passage, question):  Even though there are three different stories in this poem, there is one specific topic which is starvation. The three stories mention how the characters in one way, or another are trying to survive and find food. For example, in the second stanza in the last line it says: "Sure took the wrinkl
Leer más

Reading No. 5 "Maus" by Art Spiegelman

Imagen
Art Spiegelman Title:  Maus Author:  Art Spiegelman Date:  1991 Setting (time and place):   Since the novel has two sides, there are two main settings. One is in the "present" in Vladek's house were Artie is interviewing his father to know about his past, and the other is around Poland where Vladek live in the past. Event (conflict, important information, touching passage, question):  The main issues are the father-son relationship as well as the history about the holocaust and how the Jewish were chased by the German. It was during the World Warr II.  Characters: Vladek:  He is the main character he seems to be very stubborn and stingy, but by knowing his background it is understandable that he is like that because of his past. He went to the war and then were kept as prisoner then he was taken to a concentration camp. when he was released, it was the beginning of the "dark days" for Jewish people
Leer más