Monthly Archives: October 2023

The stories” Photograph of My Father in His Twenty-second Year” by Raymond Carver and ” The House of The Mango Street” by Sandra Cisneros are two distinct works that exhibit different writing styles, themes, and narrative structures.  Carver’s is a concise and minimalist piece of literature, he is known for […]

Raymond Carver and Sandra Cisneros are clear in their own ways. Carver’s writing frequently utilizes simple, guide sentences and communicates many of meaning over subtext. Cisneros’s writing frequently employs poetic verbal communication that is more vibrant and descriptive. In the poem “My Daughter and Apple Pie” he writes “But she’s […]

After reading “ Photograph of My Father in His Twenty-Second Year” by Raymond Carver, I can compare his writing style to Sandra Cisneros in “ The House On Mango Street”. As I read Carver describe his dad, it reminded me when Cisnero was describing her mom. Carver didn’t give us […]

“Another Evening at the Club” and ” My Daughter and Apple Pie’ has similar styles when analyzed closely. They both set the tone of how family dynamics can be enhanced with social interactions. In the story in shows the human behaviors and the relationship between the narrator and his daughter. […]

Raymond Carver and Sandra Cisneros have distinct writing styles, and comparing “My Daughter and Apple Pie” by Carver to the work of Sandra Cisneros in “The House on Mango Street” reveals several differences in their approaches to storytelling. Raymond Carver’s Style (“My Daughter and Apple Pie”): Minimalist and Economical Language: […]

“Another Evening at the Club” by Alifa Rifaat and “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver have different writing styles but are similar in a certain way. In “Another Evening at the Club,” the story is written in the third person. The author doesn’t focus on the emotions the young woman is going […]

The writing styles of Raymond Carver and Sandra Cisneros are distinct in their own ways. Carver’s writing often uses simple, direct sentences and conveys a lot of meaning through subtext. Cisneros’s writing often employs poetic language that is more colorful and descriptive. In Carver’s poem “My Daughter and Apple Pie” […]

The detailed and descriptive language in “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” creates a vivid image, allowing readers to see the world through the lens of a teenage girl filled with imagination and curiosity. “They went up through the maze of parked and cruising cars to the bright-lit, […]

The most recent immigrant in my family is my cousin Darren and his family. Darren and I are the same age. When he was 16, Darren and his family moved from the island of Jamaica to New York. His family of four moved in with my family of five. Though […]

As I read the prompt, the first immigrant that came to mind for me was my grandfather. My grandfather was born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago, with his mother, father, and two siblings. His family struggled at times, but he managed to get by. He lived in the Caribbean […]

I’m not an immigrant but I do have family that originated from Kingston,Jamaica . Through the years I understand the hardships with migrating and gaining an income in a new country. I was able to relate when Espinoza had the desire of having a better home to dwell in. When […]

I can draw a similarity from my childhood to “The House on Mango Street.” One particular part that i can personally relate to my early years is “Hairs.” Styling my hair was an ongoing challenge; my aunt was always working  support our family, leaving her with little time to tend […]

As I read the prompt, the first immigrant that came to mind for me was my grandfather. My grandfather was born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago, with his mother, father, and two siblings. His family struggled at times, but he managed to get by. He lived in the Caribbean […]

My grandmother on my father’s side was an immigrant to the US, and she has a lot of trouble learning English when she came here.  All of her family religiously spoke spanish and despite their efforts to learn the language, close to nobody was able to fully grasp it and […]

I am not an immigrant to the U.S., but my parents are. My parents immigrated to the U.S. before I was born so that they could have a better life. Years passed and I was born. One vignette that resonates with my childhood is “My Name” because of my unique […]

I am not an immigrant to the U.S., but my parents are. They emigrated from Mexico to the United States with the hope of providing a better future for our family and to support their extended family back home. One specific personal experience that echoes in The House on Mango […]