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scott j #224795
Jan 16, 2012 11:59 AM

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Thanks for answering but Can you explain this topic little easier because i don't understand.
Vignette Topic:Esperanza loses some of her innocence because she is young and unsuspecting.

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jill d #170087
Jan 16, 2012 12:17 PM

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Best Answer: Did you read the vignette?

First job = last days of carefree play

Her aunt finds her the job, but she's forced to lie about her age to get the job. Do we need to lie to get ahead?

Too young to know the rules/ what she can and cannot do
bathroom breaks (she doesn't take them)
lunch (she eats in the bathroom)
social aspects (does not know how to deal with customers)
********* Men- Esperanza is befriended by an older oriental gentleman
( the word gentleman is used loosely here). She thinks she's
found a friend to have lunch with~ hence loneliness on the
job is cured. He believes himself to have found a naive
little girl he can take advantage of (he doesn't know how
really "little" she is)........... and he tries. She has no
knowledge of men making passes........ but she learns.
Part of the "little" girl is now lost.

Source(s): The House on Mango Street

 

scott j #224795
Jan 16, 2012 12:02 PM

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Or choose topic from the suggested topics that i wrote before This question?
 

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