Cisneros: The House on Mango Street

Abstract: (5 pp) The House on Mango Street (1989) is a deceptive work. It is a book of short stories-and sometimes not even full stories, but character sketches and vignettes-that add up, as Sandra Cisneros has written, "to tell one big story, each story contributing to the whole-like beads in a necklace." Conversations and the physical structures (Zuercher ppg) in this book of short stories, relate the economy, the culture, and the physical conditions of the neighborhood. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

Filename: BBmangoS.doc

Pages: 5

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Subcatagory: Mexico

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