https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik Isaac, Gabby, Cilia, Max en-us 2021-02-17 16:57:10 UTC 2025-11-07 19:53:56 UTC hello@padlet.com 639754 https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik/wish/1259425419 In "The Earl of Tennessee", we see a big example of dramatic irony with Earl and Esperanza: "We never agree on what [his wife] looks like, but we know this." We know that the women going inside his house are prostitutes, but Esperanza does not know this. This exemplifies the theme of culture, as people like Earl are the common resident of Mango Street.]]> 2021-03-02 16:52:20 UTC https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik/wish/1259425419 637485 https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik/wish/1259450888 Throughout the vignette, "Cathy Queen of Cats", Cathy describes her life as if she is above Esperanza and everyone living on Mango Street. Cathy says "That's when we move away. Got to. Then as if she forgot I just moved in, she says the neighborhood is getting bad" (Cisneros 13). Since Esperanza's family just moved in Cathy is using her as an example of why she needs to move. Cathy's family, who also lives on Mango Street isn't much different than Esperanza's. ]]> 2021-03-02 16:56:30 UTC https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik/wish/1259450888 639754 https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik/wish/1259472568 In this vignette, we see Rafaela compare herself to Rapunzel. "Rafaela leans out the window and leans on her elbow and dreams her hair is like Rapunzel's." This simile is comparing Rafaela to Rapunzel. This furthers the theme of culture because Rafaela, like Rapunzel, is locked away and wants to be saved; this is something all married women on Mango Street feel and relate to.]]> 2021-03-02 17:00:16 UTC https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik/wish/1259472568 639754 https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik/wish/1259503602 In this vignette, Cisneros appeals to our sense of smell using sensory details. "little pieces of paper that smell like a dime" the author uses the example of a dime to help us better imagine the poems]]> 2021-03-02 17:05:36 UTC https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik/wish/1259503602 638756 https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik/wish/1259503870 there is repetition in this vignette by when Esperanza says "I hold and hold and hold him" ]]> 2021-03-02 17:05:39 UTC https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik/wish/1259503870 637485 https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik/wish/1282840141 Throughout the novel Esperanza observes other Hispanic people who struggle to stay true their Hispanic roots while at the same time trying to adapt to American culture. ]]> 2021-03-08 16:00:23 UTC https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik/wish/1282840141 637485 https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik/wish/1282880535 In "Those Who Don't" Esperanza compares the stereotypes the white people have against hispanics and that hispanics have against white people. She says, "They think we're dangerous. They think we will attack them with shiny knives" (Cisneros 28). Here Esperanza is appalled about how white people stereotype her before even knowing her or other hispanics. On the contrary, Esperanza also states, "But watch us drive into a neighborhood of another color and our knees go shakity-shake and our car windows get rolled up tight and our eyes look straight" (Cisneros 28). Esperanza is acknowledging the fact that the stereotyping goes both ways, no one is better than the other. ]]> 2021-03-08 16:06:54 UTC https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik/wish/1282880535 637485 https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik/wish/1282950537 The red balloon represents Esperanza being tied down to her cultural roots.]]> 2021-03-08 16:18:22 UTC https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik/wish/1282950537 639754 https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik/wish/1283029873 "Marin, under the streetlight, dancing by herself, is singing the same song somewhere. I know. Is waiting for a car to stop, a star to fall, someone to change her life." This quote develops the theme of culture by expressing how Marin is waiting for a boy to take her away. On Mango Street, the women are very dependent on their husbands, and this idea is started very early on, as we see with Marin.]]> 2021-03-08 16:31:04 UTC https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik/wish/1283029873 638756 https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik/wish/1283055950 verbal irony is used in this vignette by when Esperanza's mother says "i could have been somebody but i dropped out of high school because of my clothes." "i was a smart cookie then." Esperanza's mother confesses that she quit school when she was young because she didn't have nice clothes]]> 2021-03-08 16:35:09 UTC https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik/wish/1283055950 8013021 https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik/wish/1283062011 2021-03-08 16:35:58 UTC https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik/wish/1283062011 639754 https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik/wish/1283070207 I think this theme is very important to the novel, as it is one of the themes that occurs the most. This theme is not only to the Cisneros, but also to the world, because there are many neighborhoods like this in the world that often go ignored, and stories like this that focus so heavily on it shed light on these important issues.]]> 2021-03-08 16:37:14 UTC https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik/wish/1283070207 639754 https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik/wish/1283084647 In addition to what was already said, this theme also about growing up in poverty and how that can affect different people.]]> 2021-03-08 16:39:21 UTC https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik/wish/1283084647 639754 https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik/wish/1283108133 In "The House on Mango Street", Esperanza's poverty affects how she thinks and what she wants. This is especially prevalent when the nun makes comments on Esperanza's house. "You live there? The way she said it made me feel like nothing. There. I lived there." Esperanza's poverty makes her feel very ashamed, and after this situation she starts thinking about the house she wants to have when she gets older.]]> 2021-03-08 16:43:03 UTC https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik/wish/1283108133 637485 https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik/wish/1283110676 Culture has a big impact on Esperanza's life experiences. Cisneros' story shows the difficulties minorities face in society. Reading about Esperanza's life has open my eyes to more ways our world needs improvement.]]> 2021-03-08 16:43:28 UTC https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik/wish/1283110676 638756 https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik/wish/1283180748 "In English my name means hope. In Spanish it means too many letters. It means sadness, it means waiting." this occurs before Esperanza says her name for the first time. Esperanza’s characterization of her name shows how she channels her dissatisfaction with her given name into creativity and word play. What Esperanza says here about the word esperanza is neither intuitive nor true. In Spanish, esperanza means “hope.” The word does not have a dictionary definition in English.]]> 2021-03-08 16:54:39 UTC https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik/wish/1283180748 637485 https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik/wish/1283187562 Cisneros describes an accident Angel Vargas has by saying, "...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 even an "oh"" Cisneros 30). She describes a boy falling off a roof as if he was a shooting start that no one noticed.]]> 2021-03-08 16:55:46 UTC https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik/wish/1283187562 8013021 https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik/wish/1283212417 Cisnero describes Esperanza's neighborhood by saying "those who don't know any better come into our neighborhood sacred. They think we are dangerous. They think we will attack them with shiny knifes. All brown all around, we are safe. ]]> 2021-03-08 16:59:47 UTC https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik/wish/1283212417 637485 https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik/wish/1299729515 In this interview Cisneros is asked to reflect on her mixed cultural upbringing. Watch from 1:13 - 2:40]]> 2021-03-11 18:57:51 UTC https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik/wish/1299729515 637485 https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik/wish/1299771636 Do you think Esperanza's mixed cultural childhood affected her in a good way?]]> 2021-03-11 19:06:04 UTC https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik/wish/1299771636 639754 https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik/wish/1303988214 In this blog post, Cisneros talks about her life. 

http://english380asandracisneros.blogspot.com/2011/03/cultural-significance-of-author.html]]> 2021-03-12 19:16:06 UTC https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik/wish/1303988214 639754 https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik/wish/1304008183 In this vignette, Louie's other cousin steals a Cadillac, a common occurrence in Mango Street, proved by the fact that it didn't phase Esperanza in the slightest when he was arrested. ]]> 2021-03-12 19:21:14 UTC https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik/wish/1304008183 639754 https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik/wish/1304021115 Where do you think the similarities between Cisneros and Esperanza started? Where did it end? Why do you think it was similar or different in those parts?]]> 2021-03-12 19:24:31 UTC https://padlet.com/639754/yh6ad5ficyss1xik/wish/1304021115