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Louie, His Cousin & His Other Cousin

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Esperanza was sharing what she could remember about a memory in her childhood with one of her brothers friends cousins. The incident that happened shows the kind of environment that she grew up in. She was literally in the same care as a car thief. Kids are actually living in those kind of situations and even worse are sometimes forced to be involved in them. Its a problem in this world that is caused by poverty.

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Esperanza is talking about a new kid that moved into Cathy’s house. She describes him, his antics, and his dog that moved with him. She then begins to describe the dog & the way it runs, but in the process she describes one of  Meme characteristics using the dog. That characteristic being the way he runs.☺
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The significance of this piece of writing is to show one of  Meme, or Juan, characteristics as a person. This is shown because when she mentions the dog and begins to describes the way it runs, she ties in the owner (Meme) into the statement by claiming that Meme and the dog both run with floppy limbs akin to “untied shoes”

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The speaker in this vignette is Esperanza herself

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"Meme Ortiz"

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One stylistic device being shown is a simile in the quote, “With limbs flopping all over the place like untied shoes”. This quote is a simile because it compares two things using like or as.

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The author's style of speaking in the perspective of a little kid is shown through many comparisons, as what a kid would do to explain something, by the use of similes. Esperanza compares the seats in the car as big and soft as a sofa. She isn't familiar to nice seats in a car, but she is familiar with sofas and was able to see the similarities in it.

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we are introduced to the Cordero' friend Louie whose cousin Marin from Puerto Rico lives with the family. Louie also has another cousin. This cousin once pulled into Mango Street in a brand new yellow Cadillac that was apparently stolen and takes the kids in the car for a joyride. The sound of sirens soon approaches and Louie's cousin crashes while trying to flee. He is taken into custody as the kids wave him goodbye.
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The significance in this theme is classicism. Esperanza, who is in a lower class than Louie's cousin. She has never had the experience of being in such a nice big car as the yellow Cadillac. She is not use to such fine things and was very amazed. But than at the same time Louie’s cousin had to steal the car to be able to have such a nice thing. Showing the struggle in kind of life style.

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“Louie's girl cousin is older than us. She lives with Louie's family because her own family is in Puerto Rico.”

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Theme statement: How does Cisneros illustrate a particular theme within her novel, The House on Mango Street?

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Theme statement: How does Cisneros illustrate a particular theme within her novel, The House on Mango Street?

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Cisneros uses imagery, personification, and connotation  within the vignette “Meme Ortiz” and “Louie, His Cousin & His Other Cousin” in order to illustrate the theme of Esperanza’s struggle to define herself through all the different distractions in the world and environment that she lives in.

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The connection is between the dog and the man because it compares their physical appearances. It compares the mans actions to the dogs with how they both run clumsy and wild. It also uses similes to emphasize their traits and qualities

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“The dog is big, like a man dressed in a dog suit, and runs the same way its owner does, clumsy and wile and with limbs flopping all over the place like untied shoes”