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1、-Book Review-第 4 页Book Review of The House on Mango StreetSandra Cisneros is a Mexican-American novelist and poet.Cisneross family background provided many experiences for her to finish the book.The House on Mango Street is a 1984 coming-of-age novel which tells stories about Esperanza Cordero, a yo
2、ung Latin girls life in Chicago withChicanosandPuerto Ricansincluding her family members, friends she meets in Mango Street and her dreams for a better life.For me, its like Girls Diary written by Yang Hongying which fascinates me when I was in Primary school.Both of books main characters are pure m
3、aidens with major themes include their quest for a better life instead of preaching and judging. Thats my reasons of choosing the book.To gain insight into the book, I would love to start with the writers family background. She grew up as the only daughter in a family of six brothers, which made her
4、 feel isolated.So she creates two sisters for Esperanza. Many details reflect her loneliness in her childhood.Thats also the reason why Esperanza owns so many friends in this Street.The novel focuses on her day-to-day activities and these friends by using first-present tense which makes very little
5、distance between the readers and the main character.After the writers background, I would like to introduce the content and the form of the books.Actually I think the book is a type of short stories more than a novel. Stories show how Esperanzas neighborhoods show many influences surrounding her.For
6、 example, by telling Shally accepts to kiss by boys she doesnt like, she carries out her own torch of Hymen. Whats more,she feels sorry for her mothers wasting her talent thats why she more sticks in her dream.By telling others stories in the book, she also figures out racial discrimination, gender
7、discrimination and domestic violence in a thirteen-year-old girls perspective.Whats more impressive is the writing style.Its made up of vignettes that are not poems and not full stories.Some vignettes are only two or three paragraphs long with dazzling rhymes.In born bad for example, Esperanza says:
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