Vignettes, Theme & Author's Purpose Name
The novel is made up of these short, snapshot-like sections.
What are vignettes?
This affects the characters' housing, opportunities, relationships, and choices.
What is poverty?
When an author describes something that the reader can see, such as a color, shape, or appearance, this type of imagery is used.
What is visual imagery?
Esperanza and her family live here.
What is Mango Street?
These four living things outside Esperanza's home become an important symbol.
What are the four skinny trees?
The vignette structure allows readers to see different moments from ______ life.
What is Esperanza's?
Esperanza feels embarrassed because she worries about how others view her family's ______.
What is socioeconomic situation/social class?
The words "red house" appeal to this sense.
What is sight?
At first, Esperanza's house represents something she feels embarrassed about.
What is poverty/social class?
This name symbolizes her connection to her family and culture, but she also wants to develop an identity.
Who is esperanza?
The many short stories and observations gradually build a larger picture of Esperanza's ______.
What are life and development?
Esperanza compares her house with other homes because she recognizes a difference between her ______ and her ______.
What are her dreams and her reality?
Rough, smooth, soft, cold, and warm are examples of this type of sensory imagery.
What is tactile or touch imagery?
Esperanza dreams of having a house of her own because she wants more of this.
What are independence and freedom?
Mango Street symbolizes both the _________ that shapes Esperanza and the poverty she wants to overcome.
What is the community?
Through Esperanza's experiences, readers learn about identity, poverty, culture, belonging, dreams, and ______
What is community?
Cisneros shows poverty as something that can limit choices and opportunities, but it does NOT determine a person's ______.
What is worth or value?
Music, laughter, voices, and barking dogs create this type of imagery.
What is auditory imagery?
The house symbolizes more than a building; it represents Esperanza's circumstances, identity, dreams, and desire for this.
What is independence/ liberty?
Esperanza's desire for __________ of her own symbolizes her desire for independence, freedom and a better future.
What is a house?
One central message of the novel is that people can create their own identity and pursue their dreams while still recognizing the people and ______ that shaped them.
What are experiences and communities?
Esperanza's desire to leave Mango Street suggests that she wants greater opportunities and the ability to ______.
What is improve/change her future?
Smells and tastes can make a reader feel as if they are experiencing a setting along with the characters. These are examples of ______ imagery.
What are olfactory and gustatory imagery?
What are nasal and flavor/ taste?
Esperanza's changing feelings about the house demonstrate the difference between her physical circumstances and her developing ______.
What is identity?
Esperanza's name, her house, and Mango Street all help symbolize her struggle to understand who she is while trying to ______.
What is create her own future and identity?