The House On The Mango Street Research Paper

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Twin Minds Sandra Cisneros is a Chicana (Mexican-American woman) who grew up in Chicago during the 1960s. The House on the Mango Street is her first novel, and it chronicles a year in the life of the adolescent main character, Esperanza. Like Cisneros, Esperanza lives in Chicago in a Latino neighborhood. The House on the Mango Street is a story of the struggles, joys, and growing pains unique to a Mexican American girl. This essay focusses on the theme of how Sandra Cisneros uses the character Esperanza to bring light on the struggles of how Esperanza feels about boys and girls live in different worlds with respect to the uniqueness of the Mexican American people and how each sexes manipulate situations in life. Sandra Cisneros's use of the

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