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the mango being a-pressed

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The theme of stereotypes is also expressed in the vignette "Cathy Queen of Cats"

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Evidence:
"...a little farther away every time people like us keep moving in."

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This shows racism.

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This shows stereotypes.

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Literary Devices
Similes are used when describing the cats and what Cathy's house is like. The cats could also symbolize Cathy's "subjects" because she is moving to France to inherit a house that belonged to her rich cousin which is similar to being royal. Cisneros also uses alliteration to describe the cats.

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Evidence:
“Cathy who is queen of cats has cats and cats and cats. Baby cats, big cats, skinny cats,sick cats. Cats asleep like little donuts. Cats on top of the refrigerator. Cats taking a walk on the dinner table. Her house is like cat heaven.”

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This shows the theme of racism.

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"Cathy's father will have to fly to France one day and find her great great distant grand cousin on her father's side and inherit the family house."

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The topic in this quote is stereotypes because Cathy is describing the people in the neighborhood to Esperanza. She tells Esperanza that the people on Mango Street are dangerous, raggedy, and stubborn.

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The simile "raggedy as rats" is used to describe 2 girls this is also foreshadowing because these girls are Rachel and Lucy who Esperanza befriends.

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”Next door to Joe the baby-grabber...He is full of danger. Benny and Blanca own the corner store. They're okay except don't lean on the candy counter. Two girls raggedy as rats live across the street. You don't want to know them, Edna is the lady who owns the building next to you...Alicia is stuck-up ever since she went to college. She used to like me but she doesn't now."

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One of the themes in this chapter is racism.

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The topic discussed in this quote is racism because Cathy is moving away because of people like Esperanza. Acting as if it was Esperanza's fault that the neighborhood is bad and now full of trouble. Esperanza is also worried that her and her family will be moving further away from other people as new people come to live in Mango Street.

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Repetition is constantly being used as the phrase "Mango Street". However, this could also be a motif since it is used throughout the novel.

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Cisneros uses a variety of literary devices within the vignette “Cathy Queen of Cats” in order to illustrate the theme of racism/stereotypes being bad for everyone.

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This shows racism because Cathy is moving to France with her father and abandoning Esperanza when they had just become friends.

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This shows how Esperanza is describing and stereotyping the cats saying that they could be big or skinning. This could be related to how people could be fat or skinny which could set them apart from others.

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Cathy’s family is no better than Esperanza’s, and Cathy must also create a dream of a better life for herself – that she is related to royalty. This shows racism because of the fact that Cathy is separating herself from Esperanza and Mango Street.

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Evidence:
"Then as if she forgot I just moved in, she says the neighborhood is getting bad.... 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."