The House On Mango Street
Key Characters: Esperznza, Nenny, Mommy, Daddy, Nun, and other family members.
Figuarative Language: "The way she said it made me feel LIKE nothing." (pg.5)
I am writing a summary on the chapter THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET. In this chapter Eserpanza is talking about how they lived on Loomis on the third floor of an apartment building. Before then, they had moved three other time but the other times she does not remember. She thinks one more always comes up when they move. Right now they have six people in her family when they moved to the house on Mango Street. Esperanza and her mom are so excited at how they don't have to worry about things that happen around them and why they have to be quiet because other people bang on there ceiling to be quiet. She had said that a nun from her school came by and was shocked at where she lived. When Esperanza would go to bed, her mom would tell her stories at what the house would look like and how life would be great. Later on when they found the house on Mango, it was not the house they were expecting. It was small and it seemed congested. The whole family has to share a bedroom with someone and Esperanza was a little let down at what the house looked like.
Why was the nun so surpirsed when Esperzanza told her where she lived?
Hairs
Key Characters: Esperanzas Family
Figuarative Language: "And Kiki, who is the youngest, has hair LIKE fur." (pg. 6)
The summary I am writing about HAIRS. Esperanza is talking about the type of hair her family has. Her fathers hair is like a broom in the air, her hair is lazy and just sits there and doesn't do anything, Carlo her brother is thick and straight, her sister Nenny has slick hair where it slips out of your hands when you hold it, Kiki her youngest sister has soft hair like fur, and her mothers hair is curly and apparently smells like bread. Esperanza feels like she's at home when her mom holds her safely. At night at times she sleeps beside her mother with her hair that smells like bread and her dad is snoring when it's raining.
Why do you think Esperanza wanted to tell us about her families hair and what it was like?
5 comments:
Emma Cipriani
I think the nun was surprised when Esperanza told her where she lived becuase she was not used to an old poor neighborhood. Maybe she lives in a rich community and she is just in shock that someone would live where she is living.
Becuase Esperanza lied about where she lived. The Nun was surpised to see that she lived in such a run down house. when in fact she didnt even live in that house.
john malone
First of all Esperanza lied to the nun and told her a false location of her house, then the nun is suprised that esperanza lives in such poor conditions-Mitch Bear
Maybe the nun was surprised when she found out that Esperanza lives "there" because she might not of thought that Esperanza would not live in a nice house because of maybe how Esperanza acts in school.
Why was the nun so surpirsed when Esperzanza told her where she lived?
The nun was so suprised when Esperanza told her where she lived because Esperanza's house is a beat up house and looks very poor.
Amanda Clucas
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