Characters
The protagonist and first-person narrator of this novel.
Esperanza
A vignette with the theme of "what a good home is."
The House on Mango Street
windows so small you'd think they were holding their breath
Personification
This happens to Esperanza's grandmother
She is put in a sack, carried away, and forced to marry.
She says, Okay I'll be your friend, but only till next Tuesday."
Cathy
Will soon be moving away, to a better neighborhood.
Cathy Queen of Cats
A vignette that features a captured woman who ends up sitting by the window.
My Name
"You're like the Cream of Wheat cereal. You're like the lumps.
simile
What does Esperanza hear that sounds "like drops of water. Or like marimbas with a funny little plucked sound to it like if you were running your fingers across the teeth of a metal comb"?
A music box at Gil's Furniture Bought and Sold
In what vignette do we see, "All brown all around, we are safe."
Those Who Don't
She is older and has a boyfriend in Puerto Rico.
Marin
A vignette that shows the theme of "cooperation and friendship."
Our Good Day
Dear Sister Superior,
Please let Esperanza because she lives too far away and she gets tired. As you can see she is very skinny. I hope to God she does not faint.
hyperbole
What happens to Meme at the First Annual Tarzan Jumping Contest?
He breaks both arms.
Who "Is afraid of nothing but four-legged fur. And fathers."
Alicia
She is scared of her controlling father.
Alicia
A vignette that features the theme of "racial prejudice and fear of others."
Those Who Don't
Cumulus are cute.
alliteration
What happens to the yellow Cadillac that Louie's cousin was driving?
It crashes into a lamppost in a narrow alley.
"It's Rachel who learns to walk the best all strutted in those magic high heels" is a quote from which vignette?
The Family of Little Feet
He sees a cloud that looks like God.
Darius
A vignette that features the theme of "shame."
The House on Mango Street
A Rice Sandwich
Chanclas
I am a red balloon tied to an anchor.
Metaphor
What happens to Angel Vargas in the vignette "There Was an Old Woman She Had So Many Children She Didn't Know What To Do"?
He dropped from the sky like a sugar donut, just like a falling star, and exploded down to Earth without even an "Oh."
Who "has a dog with grey eyes, a sheepdog with two names, one in English and one in Spanish.
Meme Ortiz