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        <title><![CDATA[Both Esperanza and her mother have dreams of a better life; both want...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Both Esperanza and her mother have dreams of a better life; both want something more than the house on Mango Street.  The house on Mango Street is "small and red with tight steps in front and windows so small you'd think they were holding their breath...the house has only one washroom...(and) everybody has to share a bedroom".  Esperanza is ashamed to admit to the Sister at school that she lives in this house, and Mama insists that this...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:57:36 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Discuss the relationship between Esperanza and her mother in The House...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Discuss the relationship between Esperanza and her mother in The House on Mango Street.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:11:38 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What are some causes and effects of "House on Mango Street"?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What are some causes and effects of "House on Mango Street"?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 06:42:47 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In the first part of the book, Esperanza is a work in progress,...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In the first part of the book, Esperanza is a work in progress, observing astutely the world she lives in as she tries to find her place in it.  She is a seeker, alert and observant, aware of the conditions with which the women in her life have to contend, and thoughtfully examining how these conditions relate to her own life.  Like any other girl her age, she experiments with makeup and high heel shoes, only to step back when she...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 15:10:50 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How can I describe Esperanza in House on Mango Street?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/house-on-mango-street/q-and-a/how-can-describe-esperanza-84385</link>
        <description><![CDATA[How can I describe Esperanza in House on Mango Street?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 14:03:15 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Rosa Vargas has been abandoned by her husband, and she "cries everyday...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Rosa Vargas has been abandoned by her husband, and she "cries everyday for the man who left without even leaving a dollar for bologna or a note explaining how come".  She has been left with the children she apparently bore for him, kids which are "too many and too much...she is their mother and only one against so many".  Rosa Vargas' kids run wild because their mother cannot handle them; she is "tired all the time from buttoning and...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 9 May 2009 15:17:30 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why does Rosa Vargas cry everyday in The House on Mango Street?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Why does Rosa Vargas cry everyday in The House on Mango Street?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 9 May 2009 07:42:18 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[It's difficult to explain exactly why the chapters are so short. Yound...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It's difficult to explain exactly why the chapters are so short. Yound adult novels sometimes have short chapters to make them more readable. The book is clearly not a typical novel or even a novella. While not a diary, the stories are narrated by Esperanza. The eNotes discussion of style of this book is the best explanation I've found:

Just like Esperanza, whose identity isn't easy to define, critics have had difficulty classifying The House...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:28:32 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why are the chapters so short in "The House on Mango Street"?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Why are the chapters so short in "The House on Mango Street"?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:13:37 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Esperanza admires Marin because &quot;she is older and knows lots of...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Esperanza admires Marin because &quot;she is older and knows lots of things&quot;.  Marin is worldly, and flaunts a sense of sexuality that the younger girls are only beginning to discover.  Marin also has dreams of escaping Mango Street, and appears to the others to have options which will allow her to do that.  She has a boyfriend in Puerto Rico, whom she plans to marry when she goes back, and if she stays in Chicago another year, she...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 7 Jan 2009 19:16:24 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Esperanza admire Marin becuase she is the oldest one. and she is look...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Esperanza admire Marin becuase she is the oldest one. and she is look for some one that]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 6 Jan 2009 12:44:22 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why does Esperanza admire Marin in &quot;House on Mango Street&quot;?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Why does Esperanza admire Marin in &quot;House on Mango Street&quot;?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 6 Jan 2009 12:40:08 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Esperanza does not want to dance because she is embarrassed about her...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Esperanza does not want to dance because she is embarrassed about her shoes.  Her Mama had gone out and bought her new clothes - &quot;socks and a new slip with a little rose on it and a pink-and-white striped dress&quot; - for her to wear to her cousin's baptism, but she forgot to buy new shoes to go with them.  Since Mama &quot;has bought everything except the shoes&quot;, Esperanza must attend the celebration wearing &quot;the old saddle...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:52:10 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why does Esperanza not want to dance in &quot;House on Mango Street&quot;?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Why does Esperanza not want to dance in &quot;House on Mango Street&quot;?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 09:34:04 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Esperanza comes from the verb Esperar- to hopeIt means Hope]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Esperanza comes from the verb Esperar- to hopeIt means Hope]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:05:17 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[hope&#160;]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[hope&#160;]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 02:47:03 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What does Esperanza name mean in English?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What does Esperanza name mean in English?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 02:46:15 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why does Cisneros end the book with the lines, &quot;For the ones I left...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Why does Cisneros end the book with the lines, &quot;For the ones I left behind? For the ones who cannot [get] out?&quot; ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:51:44 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[At first she feels embarrassed because she was wearing old shoes but...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[At first she feels embarrassed because she was wearing old shoes but at the end she reacts proud of her because she atracted the attention of a boy.&#160;]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 9 Dec 2008 12:07:39 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In Chancles how does she react to dancing with her uncle? ]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In Chancles how does she react to dancing with her uncle? ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 8 Dec 2008 20:42:08 PST</pubDate>
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