Character & Plot
This character sells makeup products like Avon and dreams of love that will take her away from Mango Street.
Who is Marin?
What is the theme in "Those Who Don't”?
What is fear/prejudice/racism?
The writing structure that Sandra Cisneros uses, which captures moments of a character.
What is a vignette?
"She can't come out—gotta babysit Louie's sisters—but she stands in the doorway a lot, all the time singing, clicking her fingers..." Who is this excerpt from the text describing?
Marin
Whose husband left them without any money or a letter?
Who is Rosa Vargas
The man who drove the flashy, stolen yellow Cadillac before crashing it into a lamppost.
Who is Louie's other cousin?
In the vignette “Marin,” what could be identified as the theme?
The idea of escape and freedom through romance instead of their own independence.
The perspective from which the story is told. Uses I, me, my, myself, etc.
What is first-person (Esperanza's point of view)?
"...and when they fall, eventually, they don't get up... The neighborhood had to teach them to behave. They used to make us sick, the way they ... don't care about nobody." Who does this excerpt from the text describe?
The Vargas kids.
Whose other cousin crashed into a lamp post with a stolen vehicle?
Who is Louie
The mother of many "bad" and uncontrollable children.
Who is Rosa Vargas?
Fill in the blank
The cousin's crime with the Car shows the limited _____ available in their neighborhood.
What are opportunities/chances?
In "There Was an Old Woman...", Angel Vargas "learned to fly" and falls "like a falling star." What is the figurative language?
What is a simile?
"...if they find themselves in our neighborhood, they hold their breath, push hard on the pedal, and lock all the doors." Which vignette is this excerpt from?
"Those Who Don't"
Whose family lives in PR?
Who is Marin
What happens to Angel Vargas since the neighbors stopped caring about the family?
He falls from a great height (or a high roof) and dies.
In "There Was an Old Woman...", the neighborhood's shift from caring to apathy demonstrates this aspect of community life on Mango Street.
What is the community becoming overwhelmed by repeated tragedy (or indifference)?
Cisneros often uses this figurative language when Esperanza compares things without saying like or as. For example, calling Rosa Vargas's children "a litter."
What is a metaphor?
Guess who said this quote:
"Marin is already older than us in many ways, and she is not afraid of boys, and is not afraid to talk to them, and knows all about things."
Esperanza (the narrator)
Which one of Rosa's kids got their tooth chipped?
Who is Little Efren
Marin's two conflicting escape plans for the future would help her find escape and freedom.
What are marrying her boyfriend back in Puerto Rico, AND meeting a rich man downtown who will marry her and take her away?
How do the outsiders see Esperanza's neighborhood, and what does this say about judging people based on the appearance of their community?
The outsiders view the residents with prejudice because they do not know them, which leads to the creation of harmful stereotypes.
In “Those Who Don’t,” Cisneros uses a simple type of language that is used to create a clear feeling for the readers when the outsiders visit the neighbor, which is negative. What is the literary device?
What is tone?
"In the meantime, she dreams of a rich man... Maybe a lawyer like in the movies... who will marry her and take her to live in a big house far away." Who does this text describe?
Marin
Who got their head stuck in the vignette "There Was an Old Woman..."?
Who is Refugia?