The House on Mango Street

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The House on Mango Street

• By Sandra Cisneros

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Agenda

• Major characters Exposition
• Minor characters Exposition
• Major characters Analysis
• Quiz

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Major characters

• Esperanza
• - narrator and protagonist
• - 12 years old
• - wishes to have a house for her own
• - writes poems (secretly)
• - has no idea of sexuality
• - has to discover her world

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• Nenny
• - Esperanzas little sister
• - Magdalena
• - sometimes millstone round Esperanzas neck
• Lucy and Rachel
• - Esperanzas best friends
• - live across
• - often arguing

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• Sally
• - same age as Esperanza, beautiful,beloved
• - runs off to marry
• - bad friend
• Alicia
• - listens to my sadness
• - from Guadalajara
• - didnt try to leave

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• Mother
• - from USA
• - doesnt want to leave
• Father
• - from Mexico
• - rarely home
• - gone before kids wake up

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• Marin
• - dreams of being taken away from MStr
• - from Puerto Rico - fiancé there
• - rarely leaves the house
• - shall be sent back
• - quote p. 27
• Cathy
• - first friend in MStr
• - Queen of cats
• - moves out fast and disappears

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Minor characters

• Meme Ortiz new owner of house
• Elenita witch, reads tarot cards
• KikiCarlos younger brothers
• Ruthie neighbour, plays with the girls

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• Uncle Nacho Esperanzas friendly uncle
• Mamacita never comes out, cant speak English
• Minerva writesshares poems, cries a lot
• Rafaela locked up, sends money down

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Analysis

• Esperanza
• - sexual awakening development
• - discovers social system
• - development escaping - understanding
• - empathy
• - writing skills

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• Nenny
• - more independent
• - features Esperanza is jealous of
• - often Esperanzas millstone
• - has a lot in common with Esperanza
• - develops independence throughout the story

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• Sally,Rachel,Lucy
• - important for Esperanzas development
• - in sexual, social and psychic matters
• - help her to understand herself and her
  world

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Quiz

• 1. What does Esperanza yearn for above all
  else? 
• (A) A new name
• (B) A home of her own
• (C) To become a famous writer
• (D) To leave Mango Street

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Quiz

• 1. What does Esperanza yearn for above all
  else? 
• (A) A new name
• (B) A home of her own
• (C) To become a famous writer
• (D) To leave Mango Street

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• 2. What does Esperanza's name mean in Spanish? 
• (A) Wisdom
• (B) Horse
• (C) Hope
• (D) Serenity

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• 2. What does Esperanza's name mean in Spanish? 
• (A) Wisdom
• (B) Horse
• (C) Hope
• (D) Serenity

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• 3. Where is Esperanza's father from? 
• (A) Mexico
• (B) The Dominican Republic
• (C) Puerto Rico
• (D) Spain

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• 3. Where is Esperanza's father from? 
• (A) Mexico
• (B) The Dominican Republic
• (C) Puerto Rico
• (D) Spain

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• 4. Who is the first person to whom Esperanza
  recites one of her poems? 
• (A) Her mother
• (B) Her Aunt Lupe
• (C) Ruthie
• (D) Lucy, Rachel, and Nenny

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• 4. Who is the first person to whom Esperanza
  recites one of her poems? 
• (A) Her mother
• (B) Her Aunt Lupe
• (C) Ruthie
• (D) Lucy, Rachel, and Nenny

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• 5. Which of Esperanza's friends also writes
  poems? 
• (A) Alicia
• (B) Minerva
• (C) Marin
• (D) Ruthie

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• 5. Which of Esperanza's friends also writes
  poems? 
• (A) Alicia
• (B) Minerva
• (C) Marin
• (D) Ruthie

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• 6. In what way is Nenny similar to Esperanza? 
• (A) They have the same hair
• (B) They make up similar jump-rope rhymes
• (C) They both want to eat at the canteen at
  school
• (D) They have the same sense of humor

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• 6. In what way is Nenny similar to Esperanza? 
• (A) They have the same hair
• (B) They make up similar jump-rope rhymes
• (C) They both want to eat at the canteen at
  school
• (D) They have the same sense of humor

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• 7. What do Esperanza and her friends do to
  imitate grown-ups? 
• (A) Put on makeup
• (B) Wear high-heeled shoes
• (C) Smoke cigarettes
• (D) Dye their hair

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• 7. What do Esperanza and her friends do to
  imitate grown-ups? 
• (A) Put on makeup
• (B) Wear high-heeled shoes
• (C) Smoke cigarettes
• (D) Dye their hair

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• 8. Why does Cathy agree to be Esperanza's friend
  only until the next week? 
• (A) She has too many cats
• (B) Esperanza decides to buy a bike with Lucy and
  Rachel
• (C) Her family is moving out of the neighborhood
• (D) She has to go back to France

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• 8. Why does Cathy agree to be Esperanza's friend
  only until the next week? 
• (A) She has too many cats
• (B) Esperanza decides to buy a bike with Lucy and
  Rachel
• (C) Her family is moving out of the neighborhood
• (D) She has to go back to France

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• 9. Which character does not speak English? 
• (A) Esperanza's father
• (B) Marin
• (C) Mamacita
• (D) Tito

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• 9. Which character does not speak English? 
• (A) Esperanza's father
• (B) Marin
• (C) Mamacita
• (D) Tito

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• 10. What do the three sisters tell Esperanza at
  the wake? 
• (A) That she should leave Mango Street as soon as
  she can
• (B) That she must come back for the others after
  she's left Mango Street
• (C) That she will never leave Mango Street
• (D) That she has a home in the heart

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• 10. What do the three sisters tell Esperanza at
  the wake? 
• (A) That she should leave Mango Street as soon as
  she can
• (B) That she must come back for the others after
  she's left Mango Street
• (C) That she will never leave Mango Street
• (D) That she has a home in the heart