Analysis of The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros Essay

After having read the novel The dramaturgy on mango tree Street by Sandra Cisneros I will without delay concentrate on the background of the novel that moved Sandra Cisneros to write it by investigating the novel with special regard to its different dimensions.1. The Novel1.1 abstractThe novel The House on Mango Street is written by Sandra Cineros. It deals with family, neighbourhood and dreams of a young Mexican girl, Esperanza Cordero growing up in Chicago. The novel begins when the Corderos move into a new put forward on Mango Street in the Latino section of Chicago. The fact that it is the first house they have ever owned, make them proud. precisely when Esperanza sees it, she is disappointed by the red, dilapidated house. It is not the one their parents told them nor Esperanza dreamt of.Esperanza is not just dissatisfied with her home, but she is withal ashamed of her appearance and of her name, which is always mispronunced, and sounds if the syllables were made of tin and if they were a penalization for the ears. Esperanza was named after her great-grandmother, who was forced to marry and sentenced to a life full of sadness. But Esperanza swears that she will not have the same destiny like her great-grandmother. Esperanza longs for a name that fits to her, that expresses her identity Zeze the X (Cisneros, p.11).In time, she notices how joyful and harsh verity can be in life. Her first friendship is just a brief one because Cathys familiy soon moves away because of the neighbourhood, that becomes more populate by lower-class, people like Esperanzas family.By contributing five-spot dollars for a bike, Esperanza is included in the circle of friends of two younger sisters. By Lucy and Rachel, Esperanza is introduced in the wonders of growing up by talking about clouds, hips and parading somewhat Mango Street in high-heeled shoes.By the older kids, Esperanza can receive the hardships young people are confronted with in rough neighbourhoods Louie s gondola theft, the death of a boy by an accident Marin gets to know, and Marins horrendous attempt to find a husband she can escape from this place. whole these things open Esperanzas eyes and show her the limited chances which are offered and she had in such a neighbourhood. Alicia, on the other hand, is an exemple for the less who leave cypher to his fate, but take the initiative. Despite her fathers view, she goes... ...v. ed., 1970)Keller, Jrg P., The American Dream Gone Astray. (Berne Peter Lang, European Academic Publishers, 1995)Savin, Ada, Mexican-American Literature in New Immigrant Literatures in the United States. (London Alpana Sharma Knippling, 1996)Simone, Roberta, The Immigrant Esperience in American Fiction. (Boston Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1995)network sourceshttp//www2.cwrl.utexas.edu/sheila/314s96/students/mitch/mach.htm, 2000, 19.Mar.2001http//twu.edu/www/twu/library/zumwalt.html, Mar. 2001, 24.Feb.2001http//voices.cla.umn.edu/authors/SandraCisneros.html, Mar. 2001, 24.Feb.2001-03-22http//www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/4/0,5716,121244+1+111233,00.html, 27.Feb.2001http//www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/0/0,5716,115530+1+108719,00.html, 03.Mar.2001http//www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=home, Jan.1998, 17.Mar.2001http//www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=machismo, Jan.1998, 19.Mar.2001http//www.hausaufgabe.de/cgi-bin/data/fetch.pl?id=1469&ids=1469+1188, Nov.2000, 03.Mar.2001http//www.nclr.org/about/nclrfaq.html, 1999, 03.Mar.2001http//www.students.depaul.edu/mrodrig/history.html, 09.Mar.2001