la casa de la calle de mango

Alici Who Sees mice

this is a very vsexis and contieus with the male dominance theme. It shows tat alicia is trying to get an education but father expects her to take care of hte family and cook and clean. He looks at her almsot as porperty

HIps

Esperanza acts like she knows everythign but is ironic because she is really very young and now so little

The first Job

Esperanza gets kissed by that old man ..disgusting

this brings up sexual assault

later this comes up when she is at the carnival with sally

Papa who wakes up tired in the dark

In this Esperanza begins to really take on more of an adult role

Four Skinny trees - theme of not feelign home at her own house

the trees = esperanza they both dont belong in teh neighborhood

THe monkey garden

THis is where she complelty losese her innocenc

esperanza sees the garned as a place to play while slly sees it as a plvce to expiremnt and geels grown up

big disenchantemnet for esp

 

"Your hands and feet are mangos. Youre gonna be a genius anyway" Phish (The Mango Song)

Im only a few chapters in but so fat the "house on Mango street" is very different from teh other books weve read.

The first thing that caught my eye is that the book is Dedicated "to the women"

What will this mean? 

in Boys and girls

i find it intresint how she uses the statement Red Ballon tied to an anchor - means she feels held down. By her sister? By her Race? Lack of money? No friends? a very profound statement

Cathy Queen of Cats

in this the them of mocin appears. Esperzans has moved many times now her first frind is moving away.

She says its because the area is getting bad. Its intresting how she realizes that its families like her that make the area "bad"