The vignette from ” A House on Mango Street” that resonated with me the strongest is “Hips”. In “Hips” Esperanza talks about her blossoming into a woman as she has developed hips. She talks to Rachel and Lucy about what to do with them. The idea of babies, boys, and […]
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The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros is a coming of age story that dwells on the many exploits she faces through life. In fact one could say it’s still relatable in this day and age. If we look at page 56 “Papa Who Wakes Up Tired In the […]
The vignette I liked the most was “A Rice Sandwich”. It is a simple little story in which the main character voices her desire to eat at the school canteen. She managed to convince her mom and come up with a plan. When she finally gets to eat at the […]
The House on Mango Street is a collection of vignettes written by Sandra Cisneros. Of these stories, the one with which I connected most strongly is titled “Born Bad.” In “Born Bad,” Esperanza remembers her Aunt Guadalupe, once a beautiful swimmer, “Aunt Lupe of the photographs,” who Esperanza knew only […]
In the book The House on Mango Street the vignette is “Papa Who Wakes Up Tired in the Dark” is about how Sandra thinks of her father who wakes up early to go to work every day and how would she feel if her father were to pass away like […]
The vignette that resonated most with me was “my name”, as it talks about how a young latin girl didn’t like her name when she was younger. Growing up as a Nigerian in the United States I was made conscious that my name was different from other people’s at a […]
The vignette that made the strongest impression on me is “Darius and the Clouds“. In this episode, the philosophical aspect of the first paragraph has amazed me. In a poetic language the author explains that the environment around her is a sad place and that beauty and happiness around are […]
At the beginning of “Sonnet 130” by William Shakespeare in first glance it looks like the poet is demeaning and expressing his contrast through comparing her with nature’s beauty. The poet narrates “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red, than her lips red: If […]
Welcome to Week 5 of our online class. In this final week, we will be reading the short novel The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. I look forward to hearing your responses to the vignettes that compose this affecting coming-of-age story. There is no quiz this week; however, […]
In the article “How to Read a Poem” from the Poets.org website, the poet William Carlos Williams, in acknowledging the challenges of reading poetry, writes that a reader must “complete” what the poet has begun. This means that it’s up to the reader to determine what the writer is trying […]
