Transcript The House on Mango Street - North Pocono School District

…a visual and auditory highlight of
themes.
Sandra E. Kilmer
I knew then I had to have a house. A real
house. One I could point to. But this isn't it.
The house on Mango Street isn't it. (1.11)
When I am too sad and too skinny to keep keeping,
when I am a tiny thing against so many bricks, then it
is I look at trees. …Four who reach and do not forget to
reach. Four whose only reason is to be and be. (29.4)
She looked out the window her whole life,
the way so many women sit their sadness
on an elbow… Esperanza. I have inherited
her name, but I don't want to inherit her
place by the window. (4.4)
Marin, under the streetlight, dancing by herself, is singing the
same song somewhere. I know. Is waiting for a car to stop, a star
to fall, someone to change her life. (11.7)
I have begun my own
quiet war. Simple.
Sure. I am the one
who leaves the table
like a man, without
putting back the chair
or picking up the
plate. (35.5)
When you leave you must remember to come
back for the others. A circle, understand?
You will always be Esperanza. You will
always be Mango Street. You can't erase
what you know. You can't forget who you
are... (41.11)
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Cisneros, Sandra. The House on Mango Street. 1984, The United
States, Arte Público Press ISBN 0-934770-20-4, Pub date 1 January
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