Characters
The author of the book
Who is Sandra Cisneros
What does Esperanza say she wants to be when she grows up (think of a career)?
What is the setting of the book?
Chicago, early 1960s
Hips "bloom like roses" is this figurative language
What is a simile
A character who is insecure and trying to figure out who she is
Who is Esperanza
Why will Esperanza come back to Mango Street someday after she leaves?
Describe Esperanza's home on Mango Street
A run-down small home...
This is what kind of figurative language: "Until then, I am a red balloon, a balloon tied to an anchor."
What is a metaphor
A character who has a lot to deal with in her home life, and she really likes the boys and they like her
Who is Sally
What does Esperanza want in her future house someday when she's a grown up?
She wants a nice house that she can "point to" and be proud of; she wants a house all her own
Who does Esperanza live with?
Her mom, dad, two brothers, and sister
This is the definition of personification
Giving a non-human thing human traits
This character has a boyfriend back in Puerto Rico but she is looking for a man to "save her" and change her life
Who is Marin
Why Esperanza thinks she is "born bad" and will go to hell (hint: vignette title is "Born Bad")
Because she and her friends mocked her disabled Aunt Lupe
These are the 4 themes from the Mango Street Themes Chart
What are Gender Roles, Identity, Family Background, and Socioeconomic Status
Exaggeration to prove a point
What is hyperbole
He/she/they often make(s) Esperanza cry because he/she/they embarrass her
Who is the nuns at her school
This is the vignette of the book where Sally plays a game with the boys, and Esperanza gets humiliated by her response to the game (give the title of the vignette)
What is The Monkey Garden
What does the book say about the theme of gender roles?
Traditional female gender roles often lead to men controlling women and them becoming "trapped."
The roots, "grab the earth between their hairy toes and bite the sky with violent teeth and never quite their anger" is this figurative language
What is personification