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 […]
Corille Fisher
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In “How to Read a Poem” by Edward Hirsch, the author discusses poet William Carlos Williams’s idea that a reader “completes” what a poet has started, saying that the “act of completion begins when you enter the imaginative play of a poem, bringing to it your experience and point of […]
The short story “Araby” by James Joyce is about a young boy living in Dublin, Ireland during the early 20th century whose obsession with a girl brings hope to his otherwise dull life, until he comes to terms with his disillusionment. Throughout the story, the author utilizes the juxtaposition of […]
