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Culture is an extremely important part of the story as well as Esperanza's life. With culture being defined as the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of particular group, it is clear that there are many unique parts of Esperanza's life. Her culture is made up of more than just her ethnicity, but the other groups she belongs to as well. She may be an American with Mexican descent, but she is also a member of the lower class of Chicago, and a member of the Catholic faith. Cicneros attempts to show that the various influences of all the different cultures that we are apart of make us who we are.

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Culture is an extremely important part of the story as well as Esperanza's life. With culture being defined as the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of particular group, it is clear that there are many unique parts of Esperanza's life. Her culture is made up of more than just her ethnicity, but the other groups she belongs to as well. She may be an American with Mexican descent, but she is also a member of the lower class of Chicago, and a member of the Catholic faith. Cicneros attempts to show that the various influences of all the different cultures that we are apart of make us who we are.

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The vignette "No Speak English" reflects on how Mamacita appreciates and admires her culture. "And then to break her heart forever, the baby boy, who has begun to talk, starts to sing the Pepsi commercial he heard on T.V" (78). Mamacita felt heartbroken, and believed she betrayed her culture. Her culture represents her identity, and she doesn't want her baby to adapt living in a new culture. Mamacita is struggling to integrate to a new culture.

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The vignette "No Speak English" reflects on how Mamacita appreciates and admires her culture. "And then to break her heart forever, the baby boy, who has begun to talk, starts to sing the Pepsi commercial he heard on T.V" (78). Mamacita felt heartbroken, and believed she betrayed her culture. Her culture represents her identity, and she doesn't want her baby to adapt living in a new culture. Mamacita is struggling to integrate to a new culture.

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The vignette "Cathy Queen of Cats" reflects on how Cathy views her neighborhood's culture. "In the meantime they'll just have to move a little farther north from Mango Street, a little farther away every time people like us keep moving in" (13). Cathy is being racist towards Esperanza and her neighbors culture, which upsets Esperanza. This vignette illustrates how Cathy doesn't respect other people's culture and underestimates them. 

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The vignette "Cathy Queen of Cats" reflects on how Cathy views her neighborhood's culture. "In the meantime they'll just have to move a little farther north from Mango Street, a little farther away every time people like us keep moving in" (13). Cathy is being racist towards Esperanza and her neighbors culture, which upsets Esperanza. This vignette illustrates how Cathy doesn't respect other people's culture and underestimates them. 

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We are able to see Esperanza's character development by recognizing her differences throughout the story. In the vingette "House on Mango street" Esperanza's maturity level is very childish and naive. She explains how she wishes for a best friend and is often lonely. We then notice her maturity level change in "Hips" when she notices her age gap with Nenny seems to be larger than it used to be. Nenny seems childish to her and takes on the role of a little sister more than a friend. Lastly,  in the vingette "Marin" we are given an insight to how Esperanza views the older girls, specifically Marin. She begins to see how women in her culture are treated and how they are taught to be when they are older. The reader is able to see how Esperanza's thought process has matured through these vingettes.

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We are able to see Esperanza's character development by recognizing her differences throughout the story. In the vingette "House on Mango street" Esperanza's maturity level is very childish and naive. She explains how she wishes for a best friend and is often lonely. We then notice her maturity level change in "Hips" when she notices her age gap with Nenny seems to be larger than it used to be. Nenny seems childish to her and takes on the role of a little sister more than a friend. Lastly,  in the vingette "Marin" we are given an insight to how Esperanza views the older girls, specifically Marin. She begins to see how women in her culture are treated and how they are taught to be when they are older. The reader is able to see how Esperanza's thought process has matured through these vingettes.

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"In English my name means Hope. In Spanish it means too many letters." (10)

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"In English my name means Hope. In Spanish it means too many letters." (10)

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This quote illustrates the divide Esperanza feels in her life. She is torn between two cultures, and the effects of which are felt in things as small as her name. The anaphora of the beginning of the sentences represents the importance of this divide in her life.

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The vignette "Those Who Don't" Esperanza explores racism directly. "All brown all around, we are safe" (28). It is shown that there are people who frighten Esperanza and her neighbors. She begins to understand that not all people will accept other people's culture, as well as race. But, she doesn't frighten these people because she knows them, since they are  neighbors. The purpose of this vignette is to illustrate how people aren't accepted due to their culture. 

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The vignette "Those Who Don't" Esperanza explores racism directly. "All brown all around, we are safe" (28). It is shown that there are people who frighten Esperanza and her neighbors. She begins to understand that not all people will accept other people's culture, as well as race. But, she doesn't frighten these people because she knows them, since they are  neighbors. The purpose of this vignette is to illustrate how people aren't accepted due to their culture. 

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"In English my name means hope. In Spanish it means too many letters" (10).

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"In English my name means hope. In Spanish it means too many letters" (10).

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This quote reflects on how Esperanza is frustrated with the meaning of her name in Spanish. Her name represents her Mexican heritage and her culture. Esperanza's name is part of her culture and who she is, even though she doesn't admire her name.

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"They will have a black-and-white photo taken in front of the tomb with flowers shaped like spears in a white vase" (56).

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"They will have a black-and-white photo taken in front of the tomb with flowers shaped like spears in a white vase" (56).

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This quote reflects on how Mexican cultures respect the dead by doing a tradition. It is part of their culture to take photos and put flowers on the dead's person's grave. To Mexican's it means a lot to them, it's part of who they are, it's amongst their culture.

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"Home. Home. Home is a house in a photograph, a pink house, pink as hollyhocks with lots of startled light" (77).

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"Home. Home. Home is a house in a photograph, a pink house, pink as hollyhocks with lots of startled light" (77).

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This quote represents how mamacita wants her home to be exactly like the one in Mexico. She admires and respects her culture, and wants to keep it that way even though she's in Chicago. She doesn't want to live in a world surrounded by people who speak english, so she paints her walls pink to make her feel closer to her culture.

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"Rafaela leans out the window and leans on her elbow and dreams her hair is like Rapunzel's." (79). 

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"Rafaela leans out the window and leans on her elbow and dreams her hair is like Rapunzel's." (79). 

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The quote illustrates the use of simile. Rafaela is being compared to Rapunzel because she is locked in her house doing nothing. This represents the theme culture since Esperanza's culture is based on staying home and cleaning the house, or getting married at an early age.

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"And then to break her heart forever ,the baby boy, who has begun to talk, starts to sing the pepsi commercial he heard on Tv." (78)

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"And then to break her heart forever ,the baby boy, who has begun to talk, starts to sing the pepsi commercial he heard on Tv." (78)

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This use of diction specifically the phrase " The baby boy" is used to stress that this child is important and still impressionable and he has started to be americanized which breaks mamacita's heart.

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"...Nenny says: Yes, that's Mexico alright. That's what I was thinking exactly." (18)

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"...Nenny says: Yes, that's Mexico alright. That's what I was thinking exactly." (18)

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This metaphor that compares the house seen by the siblings to Esperanza's brief time in Mexico shows the unspoken bond between them. Growing up on Mango Street, it is part of their culture for siblings to stick together as it can be dangerous; the connection these two have is clearly a result of that.

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"Meme has a dog with gray eyes, a sheepdog with two names, one in English and one in Spanish." (21).

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"Meme has a dog with gray eyes, a sheepdog with two names, one in English and one in Spanish." (21).

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The quote illustrates the use of symbolism. The dogs with two names is symbolic to the fact that Meme has two cultures, which are American and Mexican.

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"Because the chinese , like the mexicans, don't like their women strong."

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"Because the chinese , like the mexicans, don't like their women strong."

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This simile in which she compares these two countries and how they "like their women" shows how esperanza feels about what she is expected to be as a mexican woman. She sees that as something she will have to overcome to achieve her dreams.

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"But in Spanish my name is made out of a softer something, like silver..." (11).

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"But in Spanish my name is made out of a softer something, like silver..." (11).

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This quote illustrates the use of imagery. Esperanza is using sensory details to demonstrate how her name is better in Spanish than it is in English.

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"All brown, all around, we are safe." (28).

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"All brown, all around, we are safe." (28).

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This anaphora puts emphasis on the fact that Esperanza and her people from Mango Street feels safest when they are with other people that are of Mexican or Latino descent. She feels like an outcast in other neighborhoods the same way white people feel nervous in her neighborhood.

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This illustrates the prejudice towards her culture as well as how people keep things from there home country even after moving away, Like the dances that esperanza' mentions. Geraldo's case will be tucked away as some No name immigrant that is of no importance and that is wrong.

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Julien S. Bourrelle talks about how humans view people based on their culture. He says "The lens through which your brain sees the world shapes your reality." What he means by that is, your eyes can change the way you view people and can change the way people relate to cultural differences. Julien's point is to tell us that each person has their own cultural perspective, and they can change their perspective by changing their lens. 

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Julien S. Bourrelle talks about how humans view people based on their culture. He says "The lens through which your brain sees the world shapes your reality." What he means by that is, your eyes can change the way you view people and can change the way people relate to cultural differences. Julien's point is to tell us that each person has their own cultural perspective, and they can change their perspective by changing their lens. 

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How Culture Drives Behaviours | Julien S. Bourrelle | TEDxTrondheim

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This theme is one of the most important theme in this novel. Esperanza's culture influenced the way she viewed people, the way she acted, her humor and hope. Cisneros used Esperanza to describe how she viewed her own culture and how she valued it. Esperanza is a member of many cultures, and that influenced her behavior. Her cultures had a meaningful impact on her identity, and it helped her grow into a strong woman. I can relate to Esperanza in a way, since I come from two cultures; Lebanese and American. I was torn between two cultures when I was younger because both of them were completely different. My Lebanese culture relates to Esperanza's culture more than my American culture because it has more similarities. Like the way Latinas have to get married at a young age, or stay home and clean. That's how my Lebanese culture is, but I am proud and happy that my family gave me the opportunity to explore a new culture. My Lebanese culture made an impactful meaning in my life, and it made me into the person I am today.

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Do you think Esperanza's mixed  cultures had an impactful meaning to her?

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“They think we’re dangerous. They think we will attack them with shiny knives. They are stupid people ...” (28)

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“They think we’re dangerous. They think we will attack them with shiny knives. They are stupid people ...” (28)

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This quote illustrates the use of anaphora. People who pass by Mango Street fear the people who live in that neighborhood because of their culture and race.

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And then, Rafaela, who is still young but getting old from leaning out the window so much, gets locked indoors because her husband is afraid Rafaela will run away since she is too beautiful to look at." (79).

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And then, Rafaela, who is still young but getting old from leaning out the window so much, gets locked indoors because her husband is afraid Rafaela will run away since she is too beautiful to look at." (79).

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This passage illustrates the use of hyperbole. Esperanza exaggerates when describing about Rafaela's situation. Rafaela has nothing to do in her life, except for waiting for her husband to return home.

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Support of refute this statement "The things Esperanza observes and about the culture of her neighborhood fuels her ambition to do better."

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This has been a hard theme for me to explore being a person who only ever learns about other people's cultures as an outsider and who doesn't really have their own. I know that everyone has culture but Its not a prominent fixture in my life. Im German, English and American for me that's a whole lot of guilt and potatoes. I think it is beautiful the way that shared culture can bring people together, but also how learning about someone else's culture can bring you closer to that person.

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Can you relate to Esperanza's culture? In other words, can you make any similarities between your culture and Esperanza's?

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This vignette shows how people try to conform as well as keep their culture. Both Meme whose actual name is Juan and his dog also has two names "one in English and one in Spanish" (21) This shows that Meme's family values both cultures that they are a part of.

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Esperanza's culture is clearly influenced by her ethnicity, race, gender, and age, but what many fail to see is that it is so much deeper than that. Those are surface level things that apply to everyone, but what this graphic as well as one of the themes of the novel shows is that culture is so much more than where you are from. It is where you are now, it is your skills, hopes and dreams, political ideologies, and all of the other things that make you, you. Esperanza has so many different factors that play into how she thinks and the person that she is, and these are all part of her culture.

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Being a person of Mexican descent, I can relate a bit to Esperanza's culture in both her struggles and her triumphs. Although I do not feel like an outsider in the way she does, feeling as though she must juggle two ways of life without completely fitting into either, I can relate to wanting to simply be the best I can be in both regards. I am incredibly proud of my culture and all of the sacrifices my ancestors have made to get me to where I am today, and I am aware that I must continue to do the same for my own children. Just like Esperanza, I am a product of the many influences on my life. I personally think that the importance of culture is a very solid theme that many people can relate to on a personal level as we all have our own culture.

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Cast of the theatrical adaptation of the book

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Cast of the theatrical adaptation of the book

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This video creates visuals that simplify the definition of culture. It helps to paint a picture in one's mind about all the contributing factors to an individual's culture. It also talks about the cultural iceberg referenced in the last column, and talks about how culture is more than just surface level. I especially liked how they brought up prejudice, and claimed that it stems from only believing what you can see on the iceberg instead of looking below the surface.

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evahaug. “What Is Culture?” YouTube, YouTube, 29 Mar. 2014, www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me2HlTQPS40. 

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evahaug. “What Is Culture?” YouTube, YouTube, 29 Mar. 2014, www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me2HlTQPS40. 

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What is Culture video

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Julien S. Bourrelle ted talk.

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 The House on Mango street has taught me many things about the hispanic culture and their beliefs. I do not celebrate a culture of my own so it was very interesting and enlightening to hear how the character Esperanza grew up. Throughout the book we see Esperanza grow and mature into who she was meant to be. I believe this book is a great way to teach and share the hispanic culture with readers around the world. 

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 The House on Mango street has taught me many things about the hispanic culture and their beliefs. I do not celebrate a culture of my own so it was very interesting and enlightening to hear how the character Esperanza grew up. Throughout the book we see Esperanza grow and mature into who she was meant to be. I believe this book is a great way to teach and share the hispanic culture with readers around the world. 

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This shows all the different parts that make up someone's culture and who they are. These topics also play a role for who they are as a person. Culture is a main part of everyone's personal identity.