Diana Sturtevant presents

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Diana Sturtevant presents

• Sandra Cisneros
• and
• The House On Mango Street

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Biography
Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954.
She was a teacher, a college recruiter, and an
arts administrator. She is recognized
internationally for her writings. Sandra is
Mexican-American and has six brothers. She
currently lives in San Antonio.
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Internationally recognized author.

• Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories
• My Wicked Wicked Ways
• Caramelo
• Hairs/Pelitos
• Loose Woman
• The House On Mango Street

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Who Am I?
Sandra Cisneros attempts to answer this question
as she discovers who she is and who she wants to
be.
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My Own Poem

• I want to be
• Like the waves on the sea,
• Like the clouds in the wind
• But Im me.

• One day Ill jump
• Out of my skin.
• Ill shake the sky
• Like a hundred violins.
• p. 60

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Reactions to The House on Mango Street from the
book Holler If You Hear Me by Greg Michie

• Weve enjoyed reading the real life
  situations and relating them to our own lives.
• p. 61

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Reaction to the text Yajaira

• The best thing about coming to this program and
  reading The House On Mango Street was that the
  stories were very interesting and they all have a
  feeling that I have once had. p. 63

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Reaction to the text Marisa

• I enjoyed reading these stories a lot because of
  the things we talked about.
• It seems that when we come in here we get to
  express ourselves and say things we cant say in
  other classes.
• p. 63

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Pillows and Petunias(her new home)

• Esperanzas life is full of stories that make up
  who she was as a child and who she is as an
  adult. Initially she feels held back by her house
  on Mango Street. Eventually, the house sets her
  free. Even so, she knows shell return for those
  who cannot leave.