Vignettes
The narrator describes the houses she has lived in and where she aspires to live.
What is Vignette 1- The House on Mango Street?
The narrator of The House on Mango Street.
Who is Esperanza?
Small, red, tight, front, brick, crumbling, swollen door, four little elms, ordinary stairs, one washroom, temporary
What is the house on Mango Street?
What is Esperanza's aspiration?
to have a better house than Mango Street
"Out back is a small garage for the car we don't own yet and a small yard that looks smaller between the two buildings on either side."
What is repetition?
Esperanza describes her mother.
What is Vignette 3 A Smart Cookie?
"Mama, papa, Carlos, Kiki, Nenny and me"
Who are the people in Esperanza's family?
Real stairs, three washrooms, white, trees around, grass, big yard, no fence
What is the imaginary house?
What is Esperanza's mother's aspiration?
to go to the opera and ballet
"It is like the number nine."
What is a simile?
Esperanza describes who she inherited her name from.
What is Vignette 2 My Name?
Artist who used to draw, sews, sings opera
Who is Mama?
Too many letters, sadness, a muddy color, mexican records, sobbing
What is the narrator's name "Esperanza"?
What is Esperanza's aspiration in 'My Name'?
to be named ZeZe the X
"...a wild horse of a woman..."
What is a metaphor?
Esperanza worries about the nun's perception of her.
What is Vignette 1 The House on Mango Street?
listens to Mexican records on Sunday mornings
Who is Papa?
Who is Esperanza's great-grandmother?
What is Esperanza's mother's aspiration for her daughter?
Esperanza studies hard and stays in school
"I was a smart cookie then."
What is an idiom?
Esperanza aspires to have a different life from her grandmother.
What is Vignette 2 My Name?
Esperanza's alter ego- her name in another world
What is ZeZe the X?
thick and uglier than the name Esperanza
What is her sister's name "Magdalena"?
What is Esperanza's reaction to the nun's perception of her house?
Esperanza feels like nothing
"Windows so small you'd think they were holding their breath"
What is personification?