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In this ted talk, the man talks about how home is more than just four walls and a roof.

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The Meaning of Home: More Than Bricks & Mortar? | Craig Gurney | TEDxCasnewydd

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This picture reminded me of the comparison between Esperanza's childhood and her life now.  She grew up in poverty and with poverty comes a lot of struggles. Such as not having the most nicest clothes and shoes or not having the biggest and nicest home. Once Esperanza left Mango street she made a better life for herself and set free from that poverty cycle.

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In this video, Sandra Cisneros briefly talked about what the home actually meant to her in the story.

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Self-Definition for Esperanza was brought up a lot in this novel. She didn't have the best experiences growing up; moving to one bad house to another. Yet she was still able to push pass that and learn from her neighborhood. To better herself and become her own person. You can learn a lot by reading this story. I learned that where you come from doesnt define who you are. You can come from the poorest part and turn out to be great and rich. You can always better yourself and change your outcome in life.

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1. What is Esperanza's first impression of the House? Do we perceive our own houses different than how other people may see them?
2. Often times people may judge a person or a family by the house that they live in or the money they seem to have. What do you consider when first judging someone? What personality trait should we evaluate each other on?
3. How does Esperanza associate the house with the most influential and memorable part of her life? What is an influential symbol of a memorable time in your life?

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The House on Maple street for me was a really good read. In a way it was a real eye opener. This book makes your realize how important the things in our lives that we take for granted are. Maybe at the time she hated the house because it was not up to her standards. But in the end she came back. It makes you think about what would drive you to come back to a place you hated for so long. Not only does this book make you think about hated things. There are also so many parts that made me think about the things I loved. No matter what mindset you have while beginning the book, you always finish it feeling bitter-sweet. Although I loved all of it, my favorite part was watching her growth. Esperanza"s character development was really inspiring.

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In this vignette Esperanza realizes that the house on Mango street was such a big part of her life. It is hard for her to say goodbye yet shes hopeful for a better future. She has more hope for young kids living there now, she wants to return and help them. Growing up Esperanza didn't like her house and was always wishing something different, nicer, and more luxurious. As she grows up she comes to terms with her hardships and struggle of poverty and how much it shaped her into the person she is today and help make her successful.

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In this vignette Esperanza bring together what she's learned and expands upon her dream. The house is her own now, with her own shoes, bed, and her materials for reading and writing. Her house, like blank paper before the poem, will be something she will create.

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I overall had a great experience reading this book and seeing the growth and development that Esperanza went through in her time on Mango Street. I think that as she as the character lived the story, she did not realize how much she had grown up just through her view of the world. But it was interesting to see what Mango Street did to her as she had so many new life experiences while she lived at the house. I think as the reader we all sort of grew up with Esperanza as we read her story and her personal experiences growing up. I think that since she has such a strong and supportable personality, you couldn't have helped but to feel for everything that happened in her life. In the end, I think she is a great example of a success story and everybody can learn from her character.

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This image is a representation of how Esperanza  the House on Mango street and how much her home truly meant to her. Her home played a significant role in her life and the becoming of the women she is today. When she looks back at the house she sees her childhood full of hardships, dreams and hopes.

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The story is about the  home of Esperanza   who wants to feel like she belongs to her community. The house on Mango street isn't the dream  the house she dreams for her future either. Although the house helped shaped her  into the women she has became. The neighbors , the environment, and the friends she made stayed with her for the rest of her life.  Throughout the novel it shows the important of home and the comfort and discomfort it can bring. It represents freedom and confinement, success and failure, and fantasy and reality. This house has shown her the reality parts of things and not everything isn't as easy as her fantasy made it seem.

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Diction: specific and impactful word choice to convey a meaning,tone,or mood.

"I knew then I had to have a house. A real house.One that I could point to(Ciernos 5)."

She uses the word real because although her house is an actual standing  house , in her eyes it was like a dump compared to a more fancier house.

Mood: the reader's emotions/feelings as they read the text.

"They Always told us that one day we would move into a house , a real house that would be ours for always so we wouldn't have to move each year(Ciernos 4)."

When I read this it makes me feel hopeless for Esperanza because she wants a new house so bad but she doesn't realize she will have to wait for her dream house and face reality.

Sensory details: details appealing  specifically to the five senses to create a picture or a mood.

" A real house that would be ours for always so we wouldn't have to move each year. And out hose would have running water and pipes that worked"

Esperanza is telling us about a potential dream house of hers. She wants to be able to have all these things in the actual home she has now. It is telling me that Esperanza isn't necessarily happy with her circumstances and wants more.

Imagery: Using descriptive details to help paint a picture of what the reader is thinking.

" It's small and red with tight steps in front and windows so small you'd think they were holding their breath."

Esperanza  is describing the House on Mango street to give the reader an ideal image in their head of the house.Telling us how small the house was and how it wold make you feel as if you were claustrophobic.

This quote gives you a ideal picture of her house of how it looks on the inside and out. She also lets us know they she is disappointed with the houses set up and pictured it to be much better.

Alliteration:  the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

"With my porch and my pillow, my pretty purple petunias."

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Tone: the author's attitude through word of choice.

"...But I won't' forget who I am or where I came from(87)".

Esperanza did not like the house on Mango street or her childhood for that matter.Although didn't much care for the house she's learned lots of lessons by living there.

Symbolism: an object that stands for a larger meaning or theme within the text.

"She does not hold me with both arms. She sets me free(110)".

Esperanza is now able to leave Mango street but doesn't see it as escaping it instead being set free for the soul purpose of the next chapter in her life. She uses the term "she" for representation of her childhood self on Mango street.

Hyperbole: a deliberate overaggeration for effet

"It's small and red with tight steps in front and windows so small you'd think they were holding their breath(4)"

Esperanza is describing the small space and how narrow the stairway  is. She describes it as inhaling a deep breath which is overaggagertating.

Irony: the situation the is expected to happen is the opposite of what happens, what is said is not what is meant.

"They didn't scare me.They did but I wouldn't let them know. I dont cross the street like other girls(72)".

The other girls would walk in front of the boys no realizing  there thoughts and views on them. Esperanza on the other hand has more of an understanding of boys. She didn't let it be known to the boys that she was scared of them or scared to walk by them. Us readers and esperanza both know she is scared but that boys don't.

Simile:

"Not a flat[ ...] Only a house quiet as snow,  a space for myself to go clean as paper before the poem".

Esperanza is comparing the quiet house to the snow and the paper before the poem.Esperanza has now created a new life for herself.

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Alicia & I Talking on Edna's Steps (theme):

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Alicia & I Talking on Edna's Steps (theme):

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The theme of this vignette serves as foreshadowing for the end of the book and even though Esperanza has come such a long way in growing as a character, she still hasn't fully accepted that she is from Mango Street. Her and Alicia laugh about someone coming to fix Mango Street of all its problems, but little does she know, she will be the one eventually coming back to Mango Street to help.

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A simple animation of where Esperanza grew up:

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1."All Brown All around, we are safe." -Esperanza
This quote was used when talking about the family she felt safe with, the family within her home.
2. "I see home in a heart"-Elenita
Elenita reads Esperanza Cordero's tarot cards. Esperanza wants to know if there's a better house in her future, but Elenita insists Esperanza's true home will be in her heart. Esperanza is disappointed.

3. "I am tired of looking at what we cannot have" -Esperanza
Esperanza and her family sometimes drive through the fancy neighborhoods gazing upon what they could have if they were to ever win the lottery. Activities like this make Esperanza sad because she feels like wishful thinking will not get them anywhere.

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In the beginning of the novel Esperanza struggles to define herself underscores her every action and encounter. She ends up developing a sense of individualism to a feeling of responsibility toward the people in her community. As a child Esperanza just wants to escape Mango Street but then she becomes  familiar with the people in her neighborhood. However she begins to feel affection and responsibility for them. She recognizes herself as someone who must give back to her community in order to break the cycle of poverty that plagues the neighborhood.

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Esperanza lives with her family, which consists of her mom, dad, Carlos, Kiki, and little sister Nenny. Her place in her family introduces a struggle within her to hold the family together as the older sister. This leaves her to take Nenny with her almost everywhere, making her responsible of Nenny.

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When the Nun asks Esperanza where she lives, she says "There? You live there?" When she says this, she judges Esperanza with a disgust just because of the house that she lives in. This creates the first feelings of true shame in her home and makes her feel like she is worthless.

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In the beginning of this vignette, Esperanza was extremely excited that her family finally was moving into their own house. Before she ever saw it, she had imaginations of having a white-picket fence sort of home, with a big green yard and big beautiful bedrooms for all of the children. When the first impression of the house doesn't meet her expectations, she is very disappointed. This represents a reality check for Esperanza. She swears that one day she will have the house of her dreams.