Abouttheauthor：SandraCisnerosSandraCisneros(1954—)isanAmericanwriterbestknownforheracclaimedfirstnovelTheHouseonMangoStreet.SheistherecipientofnumerousawardsincludingaNationalEndowmentfortheArtsFellowship,andisregardedasakeyfigureinChicanaliterature.AboutthebookTheHouseonMangoStreetisthestoryofayoungLatinagirl,Esperanza,whosenameinEnglishmeanshope,growingupinChicago,inventingforherselfwhoandwhatshewillbecome.TheHouseonMangoStreethasbeentranslatedworldwideandistaughtinAmericanclassroomsasacoming-of-agenovel.AbouttheheroineEsperanzaisaspecialgirl,withaheartsensitivetobeauty,withaheartfullofsympathy.Shehasalotoflittledreamsandlookstheworldwithhercrystaleyes.Esperanza

AboutthewritingstyleIt'smadeupofvignettesthatarenotpoemsandnotfullstories.

Somevignettesareonlytwoorthreeparagraphslongwithdazzlingrhymes.Interestingplotsmakeeverycharacterinthebookbecomesappealing.

Beautifulsentences

Youcanneverhavetoomuchsky.Youcanfallasleepandwakeupdrunkonsky,andskycankeepyousafewhenyouaresad.Herethereistoomuchsadnessandnotenoughsky.

—Darius&theClouds

BeautifulsentencesI

want

to

be

like

the

waves

on

the

sea,

like

the

clouds

in

thewind,

but

I’m

me.

One

day

I’ll

jump

out

of

my

skin.

I’ll

shake

the

sky

like

a

hundred

violins.

Whenyouleaveyoumustremembertocomebackfortheothers.Acircle,understand?YouwillalwaysbeEsperanza.YouwillalwaysbeMangoStreet.Youcan’terasewhatyouknow.Youcan’tforgetwhoyouare.

Beautifulsentences

AboutthehouseThe

book

starts

with

the

house

in

Mango

Street

and

ends

up

with

her

dream

house

of

her

own.

Ahousemeans=Aplaceyoubelongto=Ahometocomeback=Atrueself=AdreamstandsinfrontofyouEsperanzahasdreams,hopessoasme,sothestoriesstruckachordwithme.Everyonehasowndifferentdreams.Dreamisbeautiful,itisbetterthanthereality,thanthefantasyreality.

Dreamisnotfarfrom,itisalwaysinthefrontandwecanmoveforward.

AboutthedreamThisisTheHouseofMangoStreet