The House on Mango Street Themes
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The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Lesson Plans by Becky Harvey
The House on Mango Street is a collection of short pieces, all written from the view of Esperanza, a young Hispanic girl. Over the course of the book, as Esperanza grows, she describes the people who come in and out of her life on Mango Street. Engage students with Storyboard That activities!
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The House on Mango Street themes
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- THEMES
- POWER OF A NAME
- I hate my name!
- LANGUAGE BARRIER
- Hamandeggs?Por Favor.
- Would you like coffee with that?
- POWER OF WORDS
- "In English my name (Esperanza) means hope. In Spanish it means too many letters. It means sadness, it means waiting."
- Even early on, before Esperanza was born, her father had a problem expressing himself because he didn't know English. He only ate ham and eggs because it was the only thing he could order.
- Esperanza turns to writing and decides that she will use her writing to escape from the community she wants so desperately to leave.
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