Characters
This is the name of the narrator.
What is Esperanza?
Where one feel a sense of belonging and love; it is not necessarily the place where one lives.
What is the meaning of home?
Esperanza moved from Loomis street to Keeler to Paulina street to this house.
What is the House on Mango Street?
"My Papa's hair is like a broom, all up in the air."
What is simile?
The name of the story where Esperanza gets her first job.
What is "My First Job"?
This “witch woman” works with tarot cards.
Who is Elenita?
Ethnicity, gender, cultural inheritance, sexuality, and economic status all play a role in shaping this.
What is identity?
Esperanza buys this object with Rachel and Lucy.
What is a bicycle?
"Cathy who is queen of cats has cats and cats and cats. Baby cats, big cats, skinny cats, sick cats. Cats asleep like litde donuts. Cats on top of the refrigerator. Cats taking a walk on the dinner table."
What is repetition?
They are good for holding a baby when you are cooking.
What is "Hips"?
This girl is the “Queen of Cats”.
Who is Cathy?
Society determines these expectations for men and women.
What are gender norms?
Alicia's father says she is imagining these creatures.
What are mice?
“Four skinny trees with skinny necks and pointy elbows like mine.”
What is personification?
Sally gets married in this story.
What is "Linoleum Roses"?
This boy’s cousin stole a Cadillac.
Who is Louis?
Difficult and traumatic experiences can serve as a catalyst for maturity. Their development of a more mature lens to see the world is part of this theme.
What is coming of age?
Elenita sees this in Esperanza's future.
What is "a home in her heart"?
“Today while cooking she is Madame Butterfly until she sighs and points the wooden spoon at me.”
What is metaphor?
This story says “All brown all around, we are safe”.
What is "Those We Don't"?
This is the name of Esperanza’s great-grandmother.
What is Esperanza?
"Chanclas" is mainly about this theme.
What is identity?
One day she will come back to his place for those who could not leave.
What is her community on Mango Street?
"There were dizzy bees and bow-tied fruit flies turning somersaults and humming in the air. Sweet sweet peach trees. Thorn roses and thistle and pears."
What is imagery?
Esperanza gets her future read in this story.
What is "Elenita, Cards, Palm, Water"?