Plot
Red Clowns - when Esperanza is raped
"My hair is lazy" is an example of what?
metaphor
What is Esperanza's sister's name?
Nenny
True or False: Red represents escapism.
False
She is Esperanza's friend from school. Her dad abused her and then she got married.
Sally
True or False: Aunt Lupe dying is part of the Falling Action.
False
What is this an example of?
“his wild screaming at night, the twangy yakkety yak”
Onomatopoeia
Esperanza house is where (street and city) and when did this story take play? *Bonus what literary term is this called
Mango Street, Chicago and 1980s
Setting
List the three motifs.
Red, Windows, Shoes
Immigrant who knew Marin, but he died in an accident
That she will leave Mango Street but that she must come back for others.
Give an example of diction you might find in our book.
Everyday language - spanish
What does Esperanza's dad tell her that helps us understand he is not like the other fathers in our story?
That her grandfather died. He shows he is okay displaying his emotions and being vulnerable.
What do windows represent?
Opportunities that you can't reach
Who said: “Who’s going to do it? The mayor?”
Alicia
List an event that happened in the Rising Action.
Anything after "My Name" and before "Red Clowns"
Why is this book considered a Bildungsroman? Give an example.
Esperanza has developed over the course of the novel.
- She has friends that understand her.
- She has realized a way out of Mango Street.
What do the Three Sisters tell Esperanza?
That she will leave Mango Street but that she needs to come back for others.
List an example from the book about shoes.
Her brown shoes from school that she wore to the baptism
High heels that the wore walking across the street
He will not give Sally her keys back unless she gives him a kiss.
Tito
List one thing you know because of the Exposition.
The setting, characters' names, what Esperanza's family looks like.
Give an example of a flashback and of foreshadowing.
Flashback: Aunt Lupe, where Esperanza used to live
Foreshadowing: Three Sister, kiss at her first job, high heels
Name Esperanza's 3 experiences of sexual harassment.
1. When they were walking down the street in high heels
2. At her first job
3. At the carnival (red clowns)
Esperanza's great-grandmother, Rafaela, Mamacita
Who said: “No, that there is Nancy, otherwise known as Pig-eye. And over there her cousin Mildred, and little Joey, Marco, Nereida, and Sue.”
Nenny