Joy Luck Club
This represents the union of two people, whose lives are permanently sealed to remain together. It must burn at both ends throughout the night.
What is the Red Candle?
This critical lens can be applied to the movie "Coco" as it explores Mexican traditions including Day of the Dead festivities.
What is cultural criticism?
This represents what Esperanza, and her family, desire more than anything in the world.
What is their own house?
Turkey Mole with Almonds and Sesame seeds is made in this month to celebrate the baptism of Roberto.
What is April?
This chapter summarizes the history of the capital of the Persian Empire.
What is Persepolis?
The Chinese protagonist and narrator of the chapter Red Candlenwho relates the story of her life and how her culture impacted her before escaping to America.
Who is Lindo Jong?
This critical lens examines social classes.
What is Marxist criticism?
This city is home to Esperanza and is also the setting of many of Sandra Cisneros's works.
What is Chicago?
The marriage of these two characters in Chapter 2 of the book breaks Tita's heart.
Who are Pedro and Rosaura?
This chapter represents Marjane's transition from youth to young adult?
What is the cigarette?
This represents how the chapter Red Candle ends including the involvement of the ancestors in an unfortunate marriage and the punishment that those involved would receive as a consequence as parts of an invented story that was told to Huang Taitai.
What is how Lindo escaped an arranged marriage?
This critical lens works to analyze how an author's writing style, including use of figurative language, impacts the theme of a text.
What is formalist criticism?
This is the translation of Esperanza's name.
What is hope?
This character's ghost appears several times throughout the book including to help deliver Rosaura and Pedro's first child.
Who is Nacha?
This chapter represents the Iranian revolution.
What is the bicycle?
This analysis can include the Taiwanese making arrangements to choose their daughters-in-law through matchmaking, people are determined to act on the basis of the elements they possess.
What is cultural criticism?
Use this critical lens to analyze, "Unquestionably, when it came to dividing, dismantling, dismembering, desolating, detaching, dispossessing, destroying, or dominating, Mama Elena was a pro."
What is formalist criticism?
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Feminist could work as well, but look at the alliteration!!
This critical lens can be used to analyze the theme explored by the lines...."This was the house Papa dreamed of when he held a lottery ticket."
What is formalist criticism?
This is the unnamed narrator of the book.
Who is Esperanza's daughter?
This chapter illustrates the treatment of Marjane's grandfather by the Shah and his father.
What is the Water cell?
This analysis can include how the Chinese role of women act as servants to the males around them, since they are perceived as the passive and weak gender that must assume the responsibilities of the household.
What is feminist criticism?
What is psychological criticism?
This is a central theme of The House on Mango Street and Barbie-Q by Sandra Cisnerso.
What is the American Dream?
The words "I know who I am! A person who has a perfect right to live her life as she pleases. Once and for all leave me alone. I won't put up with you! I hate you, I've always hated you!" cause this chain of events.
What is turns Mama Elena's ghost into a firecracker that sets Pedro on fire?
This chapter illustrates how quickly Iranians turn on each other after Iranians flee to northern Iran after their homes are bombed by Iraq.
What is the jewels?