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 […]
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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 […]
