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The House on Mango Street is Sandra Cisneros' first major work. Even though she periodically wrote poems and stories throughout her childhood and adolescence, it was not until she attended the University of Iowa's Writers Workshop in the late 1970s that she realized her experiences as a Latina woman…

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what are some physical characteristics of the charactor marin?
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Last updated by: ann m #229679 on Feb 09, 2012 8:10 PM
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what does esperanza mean when she says, "I have begun my quiet war"?
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Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Feb 06, 2012 3:01 PM
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What evidence is there in the chapter And Some More that Rachel and Lucy are learning to be prejudiced against people in the dark
Posted by marissa e #200515
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Feb 06, 2012 1:33 PM
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What is and Example Of A Physical Description or object to metaphoricallly represent an emotion?
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How can poetry help Minerva, who is involved in a violent relationship? How are Minerva human rights violated?
Posted by andrew p #203781
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Feb 06, 2012 1:18 PM
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describe the relationship between sally and her father. how do her schoolmates see her? what transformation takes place when sally comes home?
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Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Feb 06, 2012 1:08 PM
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why did cathy caution esperenza to stay away from rachel and lucy
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Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Feb 06, 2012 12:54 PM
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explain the double standerd in the monkeys garden
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is the character round or flat?
Posted by ana r #228839
Last updated by: Aslan on Feb 06, 2012 12:26 PM
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Vignette
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Translate
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Vignette
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Vignette
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Which woman seems to be helping herself the most? Explain.
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Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Jan 05, 2012 8:54 PM
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Mango project? I need one.
Posted by susan p #102735
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Jan 05, 2012 9:27 AM
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why do you think in the story House on Mango Street narrator iss unreliable
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Laughter
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describe the authors relationship with her family
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why does esparanza ask about the house
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Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Dec 11, 2011 9:46 AM
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In Hips,Why do the girls have such misconceptions about maturity?
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Last updated by: Aslan on Dec 06, 2011 12:43 PM
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Who are the main characters? Describe the kind of people they are.
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Last updated by: Aslan on Dec 06, 2011 5:42 AM
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what happens to esperanza when she and her friends are given some cast off shoes?
Posted by cristina m #217319
Last updated by: Aslan on Dec 02, 2011 4:17 PM
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the mother's feet are described polite. what is implied in Esperanza's comment about "polite feet?"
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Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Nov 21, 2011 9:42 PM
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On pg. 1, Cisneros includes a remark about Esperanza's house made by one of the nuns. She echoes that comment on pg. 45 when Sister Superior has Esperanza point out her house, and Sister says, "that one?" Why does Sister point to the wrong house, and wh
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in the monkey garden how is the notion of the garden of eden application to this vignetter
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Last updated by: Roskolnikov on Nov 15, 2011 12:12 AM
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