The document summarizes the narrative method of The House on Mango Street. It is narrated from the point of view of the main character, Esperanza Cordero, a young Chicana girl living in Chicago with her family. Through Esperanza's perspective, the reader learns about her family's arrival in their new home on Mango Street, her feelings of loneliness and shame, and her personal details about her house, family, and desire to leave her impoverished neighborhood.
The document summarizes the narrative method of The House on Mango Street. It is narrated from the point of view of the main character, Esperanza Cordero, a young Chicana girl living in Chicago with her family. Through Esperanza's perspective, the reader learns about her family's arrival in their new home on Mango Street, her feelings of loneliness and shame, and her personal details about her house, family, and desire to leave her impoverished neighborhood.
The document summarizes the narrative method of The House on Mango Street. It is narrated from the point of view of the main character, Esperanza Cordero, a young Chicana girl living in Chicago with her family. Through Esperanza's perspective, the reader learns about her family's arrival in their new home on Mango Street, her feelings of loneliness and shame, and her personal details about her house, family, and desire to leave her impoverished neighborhood.
Description: The House on Mango Street covers a year in the life of Esperanza Cordero, a young Chicana girl living in an impoverished Chicago neighborhood with her parents and three siblings. The book opens with Esperanza, the narrator, explaining how her family first arrived on Mango Street. Narration: POV is a young girl named Esperanza Cordero. For the most part, we see things from her point of view. Esperanza explains what her new house on Mango Street looks like, for example, and shares her personal feelings of loneliness and shame with us. Exposition: Esperanza shares her personal information with us- her house, family, difference between the boys and girls, and what her name means, and her desire to leave. Argument: The House on Mango Street, Esperanza's struggle to define herself underscores her every action and encounter.