The House on Mango Street

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Summary: Why are we reading this instead of a classic?
Review: The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros, was one of the most boring books I've ever read. I really didn't like Cisneros' writing style or the way she wrote about life on Mange Street in a series of vignettes. I feel that the book didn't really have a middle, and the ending didn't really end anything, the book just kind of stopped. The reading didn't effect me in any way. The characters are hard for me to relate to. The one part in the book that I do like, however, is the vignette in which the main character, Esperanza, describes how the only thing that she can talk to are the trees. Based on the above opinions, I would not recommend this book to anyone, and ask the question: why are we reading this book instead of a classic?

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Summary: The House On Mango Street
Review: I thought this was a good novel. I liked how they showed the poor. It made me realize what I do have. The author's writting style was very good. She started off very slow and made you want to keep reading and guessing whats gonna happen next.The characters were really not that similar to me and my life.I would recommend this to others because it will make people realize what they have and not take advantage of life. Yes I would really enjoyedf this novel.

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Summary: My Opinion
Review: What I thought of the novel was okay. It was a little interesting but yet boring at the same time. One thing I did like was the Authors style it was short but yet it revealed much detail. The reading did not affect me at all,but in the same way I could relate to her and some of what she is going through. But I cant say that any of the other charecters relate to me, but I can see what they are going through as well. I cant say that i would recommend this book to someone;it wasnt that great where I could say,"yeah its a great book;you should read it."

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Summary: Great Teaching Tool
Review: A must for every high school english class. Universal themes and broad undestanding of the immigrant cultural experience.

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Summary: My review on TheHouse On Mango Street
Review: I think that the book was pretty good. I liked the fact that it has many diferent parts to it and that it doesn't get old. I thought that the authors writing style was excelent. The book really didn't relate to me because I have never really experienced anything like that in my life. The characters in the book are not simular to anyone I know. so in conclusion this book was very good and i would recomend it to someone that likes books like this.

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Summary: Tha Mango Street House
Review: I have just completed reading the wonderful novel The House on Mango Street. I thought that this was a thrilling book. I wanted to turn and turn the pages all the way to the end ( I did eventually) . I like how Sandra Cinceros never gives how old the kids are until the end of the story. Her writing stlye was also grea, easy to read, and not complex. The reading made me think about how my life could have been much better. The characters made me feel comfortable. Like I had known them all my life. Even though I knew in my mind that they were fictional. I would definitely recommend this book to friends and colleges. I'm pretty sure they would say the same thing about this book once they read it.

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Summary: Cyrus Sherm review
Review: The House on Mango Street was a fictonal story about a girl named Ezperanza. This story was not like ordinary novels, it was short, simple but "filling." I especialy enjoyed the book, because it was not boring what so ever and the author described activitys and people in the book so well. The book went at a very fast pace. Each chapter was a small story all to itself. I like that type of reading for school because when you go to take a test, it is fresh in your mind. unlike many other books, I noticed that most the kids in my class also did well with it. this book captures the escence of the characters life and to me, she interprits and instills you with clear pictures. this was a well and fun written story.

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Summary: A Life Lesson
Review: The House On Mango Street, is a good book to read. It has to do with a little Hispanic girl named Esperanza and her family living in a world were not many people succeed. As a little girl Esperanza does not want to live on Mango Street, she wants to have a house of her own, a place to be proud of, and a place to feel free. Growing up in a plave were no one moves on,you some times see your dreams fade away. But Esperanza is stonger than that, she is smart and will succeed. I came from a small town, and it was hard for my mom to take us out, but we made it,she was thinking of her future as well as ours.

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Summary: The House On Mango Street
Review: What I thought of the book was it was a pretty good book. What I liked about the novel was it would always change. It would be on one topic, then it would change to another topic. The Authors writing style was alright, what I liked was that she would always put a new character in every chapter of the novel. By reading this book it affected me to give a book a chance to read it. To tell the truth Im not a big time reader this is the first book i ever read cover to cover. The characters in the novel are not similar to my family at all. If i had to chose a family member to caompare a character to it would be my little sister April twards Esparanza. My litle sister is like Esparanza in one way, she has her own little world she loves to explore. The only person I would recommend this book to my sister April she loves these kind of books, she loves to read books that are based on true lives.

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Summary: The House On Mango Street
Review: I though t the novel was pretty good.I thought it would take longer to read.But it didn't.I guess I was really into it.What I liked about the book was each chapter wasn't that long.The stories were put together well.Even though some stories were short.They were interesting and caught my attetion.The author's writing style was good.I liked how each chapter or story was different.It wasn't like other books.It wasn't boring.I don't think the novel really had any affect on me.I don't think the characters or there lives are really similar to me,except that Esperanza and Nenny think alike as well as me and my brothers.I would recommend this book because it's interesting.It doesn't get boring.It catches your attention quick.