Sunday, December 4, 2011
Literature Analysis: The House on Mango Street
1. The plot of "The House on Mango Street" seemed quite chaotic to me. It describes the life of the main character, Esperanza, while she lived on Mango Street. It talks about how she matured from a little girl into a young woman. It focused in on how much she hated living on Mango Street. At one point it talks about how much she looked up to a girl that she met named Sally, but how she was at a carnival and Sally left her alone. While Sally was gone Esperanza was raped by clowns. In the end Esperanza realizes that she can never leave Mango Street because she has to help those who really can't leave.
2. I believe that the theme of "The House on Mango Street" is that it is impossible to escape your past and the place that you came from.
3. The author's tone seemed to be one mostly of hate and even disgust. She seemed to despise the place where Esperanza was brought up. Esperanza is frequently saying how she will someday escape Mango Street, and you only try to escape things that you hate. She says in the beginning how she always dreamed of her family having their own house, and yet she doesn't see the house as a true home. In the very end she says that she remembers the house on mango street because it was a sad little house that she belonged to, but did not belong to.
4. The author used characterization as one literary technique. The way that she described Sally was interesting. She made the reader understand how Sally was as a person and a "friend". Another technique was imagery. The way that she described Mango Street makes the reader see how Esperanza was unable to abandon her neighbors when she had the opportunity to create a better life for herself as a writer. Cisneros also used similies. In one passage Esmeralda and her sister are comparing a house to Mexico. They say "Look at that house, it looks like Mexico." Cisneros also used syntax and diction. She was very careful in the words that she chose to use and how to use them.
2. I believe that the theme of "The House on Mango Street" is that it is impossible to escape your past and the place that you came from.
3. The author's tone seemed to be one mostly of hate and even disgust. She seemed to despise the place where Esperanza was brought up. Esperanza is frequently saying how she will someday escape Mango Street, and you only try to escape things that you hate. She says in the beginning how she always dreamed of her family having their own house, and yet she doesn't see the house as a true home. In the very end she says that she remembers the house on mango street because it was a sad little house that she belonged to, but did not belong to.
4. The author used characterization as one literary technique. The way that she described Sally was interesting. She made the reader understand how Sally was as a person and a "friend". Another technique was imagery. The way that she described Mango Street makes the reader see how Esperanza was unable to abandon her neighbors when she had the opportunity to create a better life for herself as a writer. Cisneros also used similies. In one passage Esmeralda and her sister are comparing a house to Mexico. They say "Look at that house, it looks like Mexico." Cisneros also used syntax and diction. She was very careful in the words that she chose to use and how to use them.
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