Essays on The House on Mango Street

In this small, poetic book Sanda Ciseros captures the trapped feelings and despair Esperanza sees among all of her neighbors, particularly the women. It is an ongoing theme for Esperanza to tell about different girls and women in her community, abusive husbands or fathers consistently...

The author, Sandra Cisneros, introduces a variety of themes in the novella The House on Mango Street but the main theme is that no one should be leading your journey for you. The key to success is by finding your own way through what life...

A major symbol present throughout the book, The House on Mango Street, are the houses that female characters and Esperanza lives in. Houses are symbolized as places of confinement for many female characters such as Refaela. For example, Rafaela’s husband locks her in their own...

The author of The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago on December 20, 1954. Cisneros attended Loyola University Chicago and is a poet, novelist, short story writer, and more who has received many awards such as the Texas Medal of the...

This small novel filled with many vignettes is titled The House on Mango Street and it is written, Sandra Cisneros. This was published in 1984 and came out with the new covered book in 2009 to celebrate its 25th anniversary. The novel’s main idea revolves...

Every name in various languages has different pronunciations and meanings. Sometimes that makes people proud, but sometimes they also are ashamed about it. In this novel, The House on Mango Street published in 1983, by Sandra Cisneros. It is written from the perspective of a...

In The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros constructs the motif of shoes by using shoes to represent sexuality, maturity, and emotions. The first instance of shoes representing maturity takes place in vignette 17, “The Family of Little Feet” In this vignette, Esperanza, Nenny, Lucy,...

Growing up is something that everyone gets to grow through in their lifetime. During this time you make life changing decisions that have a big effect on your future. In the Story The House On Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros the protagonist, Esperanza, grows up...

When we study the role of manipulating time in narratives,we always consider how the time is manipulated and why the author arranges the timeline in the story. At the same time, the sequence of time can also make the audience have a different understanding and...

Frequent moving can affect children negatively because each additional move is associated with small declines in social skills as well as emotional and behavioral problems. Although the effects are small, these deficits can expand. In the short story, The House on Mango Street by Sandra...