Chicano Literature
The House on Mango Street Author: Sandra Cisneros Date: 31/05/19 Event: Poverty, Childhood, Womanhood Characters: Esperanza Cordero, Mama, Papa, Magdalena “Nenny” Cordero, Lucy, Rachel, Minerva, and others. Memorable Quote: "I want to be like the waves on the sea, like the clouds in the wind, but I'm me. One day I'll jump out of my skin. I'll shake the sky like a hundred violins." Esperanza is a girl who is part Mexican and lives on Mango Street with her family. She tells several mini stories about herself and different people that are part of her life throughout the book, and all the stories are written in order as she grows up and starts discovering the world. This book, talks about many situations that one can relate to. In my case, I could relate with the parts in which Esperanza is becoming a woman and faces different situations that are part of this process. Nonetheless, some vignettes treat serious topics such as the one of Alice. Indeed, these...
