House on Mango Street Characters
Esperanzas younger sister who she is embarrassed to be seen with at times.
Who is Nenny?
What is Esperanzas biggest dream throughout the book?
What is her own house?
The street where Esperanza and her family live on
The author is The House on Mango Street
Who is Sandra Cisneros?
The House on Mango Street is described as what color?
What is red?
Who was Esperanzas first friend on Mango Street?
Who is Cathy?
This theme is shown by women like Rafaela and Sally being locked inside and controlled.
What is the imprisonment of women?
How many people live in Esperanza's house?
What is six?
What does Esperanza say her name means in English.
What is hope?
What trees symbolize Esperanzas strength?
What are four skinny trees?
This neighbor teached Esperanaza about sexuality but is abused by her husband
Who is Rafaela?
Esperanza uses this to express her feelings and cope and plan her escape.
What is writing?
The type of house the family moves into at the start of the book.
What is a small, cramped red house?
Which vignette does Esperanza and her friends get given high heels by the neighbor?
What is "The Family of Little Feet"?
The book uses chapters for each section of the book what are they called?
What are vignettes?
The name of Esperanzas two bestfriends
Who are Lucy And Rachel
This theme is explored through Esperanza feeling caught between two cultures.
What is identity?
What is Mexican/Latino?
What happened to Angel Vargas
what is he jumped off a building?
What do high heels symbolize in The Family of Little Feet?
What is transition from childhood innocence to adulthood?
This woman, who Esperanza was named after, died young and sadly by a window.
Who is her great grandmother
Esperanzas strong feeling to leave Mango Street but then she realizes she can never fully escape where she came from
What is tension of freedom?
The season of year in the beggining of the book.
What is no specific season?
Esperanza is assaulted at a carnival in this vignette.
What is "Red Clowns"
Esperanza describes herself as red balloon tied to a anchor, what literary device is this?
What is simile/metaphor?