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The House on Mango Street

The House on Mango Street

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Finally, a woman gives us a voice.
Review: Fitzgerald did it in the Great Gatsby, but we had to wait a few more decades for the voice of a woman. She has captured the essense of adolescense: the awkward wanting and the stale depression of wondering when and how and why.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A top book in the genre
Review: There is a growing genre of books by people of Latin, Asian, and African-American heritage, describing their lives and cultures, often in juxtaposition to the Anglo mainstream they may or may not have dealings with. The House on Mango Street fits into this genre, and at the same time extends it. Cisneros writes with a deeply personal voice. At her core she is an individual, a watcher, as are most children; she happens also to be a girl in a Latino neighborhood. The people and events in this community are distilled through her eyes into small fables, moral lessons, and epiphanies: the moments and connections that shape a child into the adult she will become. The rhythmic songs of rope-jumpers, a drunk on the street, the potency of one's first pair of high-heeled shoes, the cruelty and kindness of friends; she takes them all in, using everything as food to nourish her dream of someday having her own house. It's not surprising that the adult Seasoners indeed does, nor that its eccentricity puts some of her neighbors on edge - but those are stories from other books of hers, equally worth reading.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great for book reports!
Review: I am a student at Baltimore City College High School,(the 3rd oldest public school in the country)and I had to read a book for a report. I procrastinated for about a month and then decided to begin reading 2 days before it was due. I luckily picked this wonderfuly short book. It is only 100 and some odd pages long and is comprised of many short vignettes. You can read this book in 1-2 hours. Its great for book reports! P.S. GO CITY! BEAT POLY!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: House on Mango Street by Evelyn Cisneros
Review: Is Sandra related to Evelyn Cisneros, the ballerina from San Francisco? I read the book a couple of years ago, and tonight saw a show on Evelyn. Please respond. Thank you. Louise Brock c/o seebirdy

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A Great Book For Females!!!
Review: I really enjoyed this book because you can relate the stories to your own life.It talks about young ladies growing up in a struggling lifestyle. I recommend that every woman and young teen read "The House On Mango Street.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A quick, well-worth it read
Review: I had to read this book for IB English in school. I didn't want to buy it so I went and read the entire book in one sitting at a book store. It is a very intelligent book told by a young girl, Esperanza. It was fun to read because it is told from the P.O.V. of a child so often the reader understands what is going on when Esperanza doesn't. The book most certainly is not racist. My heavens. Esperanza's background and surroundings are what makes her who she is! It makes the story what it is. It makes the issues mean something. If teaching others about another culture is racist, this world is in trouble. Open your minds, kids!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: This book makes connections!!!
Review: I'm a student from Maryvale High School and I havejust read "The House on Mango Street." This book is a very good novel; filled with vignettes about a girl named Esperanza. She doesn't want to live on Mango Street, but for now its home. While living on Mango Street, Esperanza meets many people and encounteres racism, theft, sexual abuse, and alcoholism. The vignettes are all in a child's point of view. As a high school student, many of the vignettes relate to some problems I have. This is a great book and you should read it.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Talk About Weird!!!
Review: John

I think this story was weird it's vignettes were to small, and the vignettes were written on stupid details in life like who cares what type of hair styles her family has and who gives clouds names nobody I knows does. Her vignettes were to small and her book wasn't long enough. her titles weren't about important things in life, her point of veiw was a little girls but not every kid thinks of things she wrote about.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Read this and you'll find you know someone like Esperanza.
Review: My name is Diana. I'm 15 yrs. old and a freshman in high school. I go to Maryvale High School in Phoenix, Az. I thought this novel was good. I think it could have been better because some of the vignettes ended with you wanting to know more about that person or situation. For example, the vignette about Esperanza's first job and the man that kissed her leaves us wanting more. The one about the prostitutes in the man's house also left my whole English class wondering what was next. I recommend this book to people because it tells about real life situations, and things that happen in poor neighborhoods.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A little predjudiced, but good.
Review: I'm a student at Maryvale High School in Phoenix Arizona and our school doesn't have a good rep. for reading books. Our school just doesn't seem like the school that would read books. But for us not liking to read books, this book made a good impact on most of us.

It is a real intelligent book and I can understand her point of view. The book is real interesting and I also think that all high school should be reading this book because it could relate to some things going on in people lives right now this very moment . However, I also had to agree with some of the other responses to this book. In a way this book is a little racists because she talks all about here Hispanic background though the story. But then again, if I would have written a book I would have been proud of my culture and would have mentioned it in my book a couple of times. I also would have mentioned others. To me she just cared about herself, and her race . But don't get me wrong it is a good book. It may even be a great book.

Andrea


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