Characters
The narrator's first name
What is Esperanza?
The narrator's little sister
Who is Nenny?
The item that the girls purchased at the beginning of the story which sparked a friendship
What is a bike?
The meaning of Esperanza's name
Hope
oversimplified assumptions people make about an entire cultural group
What are cultural stereotypes?
The character who marries a marshmallow salesman
Who is Sally?
The character that the narrator is named after
Who is the Great-grandmother?
The reason why Esperanza's mother dropped out of school
What is not having nice clothes?
What Esperanza thinks is the reason why Sally got married
To escape
a common thread or repeated idea that is incorporated throughout a literary work
The narrator's two friends that she shares the bike with
Rachel and Lucy
The character that dies in "Papa Who Wakes Up Tired in the Dark"
Who is the narrators grandfather?
A person who makes Esperanza feel bad about her home when she was playing out front
Who is a nun?
The advice that the three sisters give at the wake
What is "after you leave Mango Street, you must remember to come back"?
a short, well-written sketch or descriptive scene
What is vignette?
The narrator's first crush
Who is Sire?
The character involved in a hit and run accident
Who is Geraldo?
The new accessory that the girls wore when they got harassed by the "bum man"
What are high heel shoes?
Nenny's real name
What is Magdalena?
a novel depicting someone's growth from childhood to maturity
What is bildungsroman?
An adult neighbor who still acts like a child and plays with the narrator and her friends
Who is Ruthie?
The character that the narrator feels guilty for making fun of
Who is Aunt Lupe?
The location of Esperanza's sexual assault near the end of the story
The thing that Esperanza and Minerva have in common?
What is writing poetry?
the act of expressing an opinion on the nature of society
What is social commentary?