The House On Mango Street Essays

On the book The House on Mango Street Esperanza is a little girl that is affected by different situations. There are things that happened to her that shaped her as an individual and change her perspective of life. Female sexuality is a really strong topic where we can see how …

Sandra Cisneros has spent a lifetime trying to discover her own literary voice, only to be drowned out by the mostly white and mostly white voices that she imitated but never identified with. The only daughter in a family with six sons, Cisneros was often the “odd-woman-out-forever” early on in …

In The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros addresses and develops the themes of assimilation of the Chicano into American society, stereotypes, and the treatment of the Chicana within her culture. These themes are brought out through the experiences of Esperanza, a young Chicana character. The American society has tried …