https://padlet.com/23jlang52821/txbihivegudg en-us 2020-02-13 22:16:40 UTC 2020-02-27 22:08:55 UTC hello@padlet.com 23jlang52821 https://padlet.com/23jlang52821/txbihivegudg/wish/449271606 -Evidence with Literary Devices
"The kids bend trees and bounce between cars and dangle upside down from knees and almost break like fancy museum vases you can't replace." (Simile)
-What is Happening?
Esperanza is describing how crazy the Vargas kids are, and that they are so crazy that they are doing things that are dangerous and stupid.
-The Theme/Big Idea
Cisneros is showing the reader that Esperanza lives in a bad, run-down place. This is being conveyed because if the place was well-kept, there would be someone to look over these crazy kids so they don't get hurt. This is used better with literary devices because it describes how crazy these kids are.]]> 2020-02-24 02:45:33 UTC https://padlet.com/23jlang52821/txbihivegudg/wish/449271606 23jlang52821 https://padlet.com/23jlang52821/txbihivegudg/wish/449276690 -Evidence with Literary Devices
"...nobody looked up not once the day Angel Vargas learned to fly and dropped from the sky like a sugar donut, just like a falling star, and exploded down to earth without a single 'Oh.'
(Simile)
-What is Happening?
Esperanza is explaining how over time, everyone on Mango Street gave up trying to keep the Vargas kids from hurting themselves
-Theme/Big Idea
The Vargas kids are so crazy because nothing in the neighborhood is holding them together. This shows that the Mango Street community is not as nice as some other neighborhoods in the area, because nicer neighborhoods would have a way to combat such crazy behavior, instead just ignoring it.

]]> 2020-02-24 03:03:44 UTC https://padlet.com/23jlang52821/txbihivegudg/wish/449276690 23jlang52821 https://padlet.com/23jlang52821/txbihivegudg/wish/449279624 -Evidence with Literary Devices
"They are bad those Vargases, and how can they help it wih only one mother who is tired all the time from buttoning and bottling and babying, and ho cries every day for the man who left without even leaving a dollar for bologna or a note explaining how come." (Syntax)
-What is Happening?
Esperanza is telling the reader that the Vargases were brought up in a crazy life, where things have been rough in their upbringing, with a father leaving and an overwhelmed mother.
-Theme/Big Idea
The Vargas kids are so out of control because of a rough childhood. Things that happened in the Vargas kids' childhood was a father leaving and a mother that was overwhelmed by the task of raising a family by herself. These events are typically found in impoverished areas, which the reader can assume that Mango Street is.

]]> 2020-02-24 03:14:48 UTC https://padlet.com/23jlang52821/txbihivegudg/wish/449279624 nicoletriana https://padlet.com/23jlang52821/txbihivegudg/wish/449282578 Evidence with Literary Devices
"Is a good girl, my friend, studies all night and sees the mice, the ones her father says do not exist. Is afraid of nothing except four-legged fur. And fathers."
(Metaphor)
-What is Happening?
Esperanza is explaining her friend Alicia's struggling financial state through figurative language.
-Theme/Big Idea
Alicia and her father are poor and the mice are a metaphor for her poverty. Her father tries to hide it from her and in doing so makes her feel below him.]]> 2020-02-24 03:25:42 UTC https://padlet.com/23jlang52821/txbihivegudg/wish/449282578 23jlang52821 https://padlet.com/23jlang52821/txbihivegudg/wish/449283841 The topic discussed in the vignette "There Was an Old Woman" was poverty within the community of Mango Street.]]> 2020-02-24 03:30:40 UTC https://padlet.com/23jlang52821/txbihivegudg/wish/449283841 nicoletriana https://padlet.com/23jlang52821/txbihivegudg/wish/449305358 Evidence With Literary Devices
"Two trains and a bus, because she doesn't want to spend her whole life in a factory or behind a rolling pin."
(Hyperbole)
-What is Happening?
Esperanza is describing how Alicia wants more in life and is working hard to study and go to college.
-Theme/Big Idea
Cisneros uses a hyperbole because she wants to show how determined Alicia is to graduate and get a degree in a creative way.]]> 2020-02-24 05:00:38 UTC https://padlet.com/23jlang52821/txbihivegudg/wish/449305358 nicoletriana https://padlet.com/23jlang52821/txbihivegudg/wish/449305440 Evidence With Literary Devices
"And anyway, a women's place is sleeping so she can wake up early with the tortilla star" 
(Metaphor)
-What is Happening?
Esperanza is expressing how other people think women should do and what they are capable of.
-Theme/Big Idea
Alicia's mother passed away and since then her father has expected her to take over her mom's duties because she is a women and doesn't think she is capable of much else.]]> 2020-02-24 05:01:10 UTC https://padlet.com/23jlang52821/txbihivegudg/wish/449305440 nicoletriana https://padlet.com/23jlang52821/txbihivegudg/wish/449311780 Cisneros uses metaphors and hyperboles to support the theme that Mango Street is a low income area and people there have chauvinist views on what women are capable of.]]> 2020-02-24 05:36:33 UTC https://padlet.com/23jlang52821/txbihivegudg/wish/449311780 23ffernandes52572 https://padlet.com/23jlang52821/txbihivegudg/wish/449314008 Topics discussed in "Alicia Who Sees Mice" was how poverty can lead to hard work to get out of the situation.]]> 2020-02-24 05:50:38 UTC https://padlet.com/23jlang52821/txbihivegudg/wish/449314008 23cchavez53526 https://padlet.com/23jlang52821/txbihivegudg/wish/449813588 Cisneros uses similes and syntax's to support the theme that Mango Street is a poor area, and not just Esperanza and her family are affected by it. ]]> 2020-02-24 22:43:13 UTC https://padlet.com/23jlang52821/txbihivegudg/wish/449813588