The House on Mango Street
On a scale of 1-10 I would give Sandra Cisneros? ?The House on Mango Street? an 8. ?The House on Mango Street? is about Sandra Cisneros? life over a span of years that seem to start when she is about ten and end when she is about fifth teen. However, she has changed her life into the life of the very hopeful Esperanza. Esperanza faces many inner challenges as she grows up. All challenges basically surround her vision of the perfect home. The perfect home that does not exist on Mango Street. Esperanza and her family move from one place to another because of money or inadequate housing such as broken plumbing. Sometimes they even had to move because of both. Sandra Cisneros did an excellent job in explaining both her characters and scenery that had an effect on her life. Her experiences were some of which many young women today face. I would have liked to see her write her book with longer chapters. Some chapters did however seem as though they were meant to be short and sweet. One chapter in particular that I could most relate to was ?Four Skinny Trees?. And I quote in the following: ?They are the only ones who understand me. I am the only one who understands them. Four skinny necks and pointy elbows like mine. Four who do not belong here but are here. Four raggedy excuses planted by the city. From our room we can here them, but Nenny just sleeps and doesn?t appreciate these things. Their strength is secret. They send ferocious roots beneath the ground. They grow up and they grow down and grab the earth between their hairy toes and bite the sky with violent teeth and never quit their anger. This is how they keep. Let one forget his reason for being they?d all droop like tulips in a grass, each with their arms around the other. Keep, keep, keep, trees say when I sleep. They teach. When I am too sad and too skinny to keep keeping, when I am a tiny thing against so many bricks, then it is I look at trees. When there is nothing left to look at on this street. Four whose only reason is to be and be.? Four skinny trees told of how Esperanza felt out of place but was stuck unfortunately. There was no need to day much more than what she said. But in the section Red Clowns she could have elaborated more on what the boys had done to her. However the picture she set was vivid. The ending was just a cliff hanger. Overall Sandra Cisneros? ?The House on Mango Street?, is a great book that many can relate to. It is a book that everyone should consider reading.
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