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What is the literary device used in these lines from "Four Skinny Trees"? Here are the lines: They are the only ones who understand me. I am the only one who understands them. Four skinny trees with skinny necks and pointy elbows like mine. Four who do not belong here but are here. Four raggedy excuses planted by the city. From our room we can hear them, but Nenny just sleeps and doesn't appreciate these things.

In "Barbie-Q," what is the story theme?

What is a summary of "Straw Into Gold" by Sandra Cisneros?

In "Straw Into Gold: The Metamorphosis of the Everyday," why do you think Cisneros makes an allusion to the "Rumpelstiltskin" tale in her essay?

Why it is called Mericans? by Sandra Cisneros From: Woman Hollering Creek.

What symbols do you find in the story ''Barbie-Q''? Is there a commonality to them?

What is the point of view of the short story "Mericans" by Sandra Cisneros? What is a quote from the story that supports the point of view?

In "Straw Into Gold: The Metamorphosis of the Everyday," what family taboo does Cisneros break?

In what ways does Cisneros's description of herself at that age represent a divide between her inner sense of self and her external realities? ("Straw in Gold: A Metamorphosis") 

What is a good thesis statement for "Eleven" by Sandra Cisneros?

What techniques does Sandra Cisneros use in "Mericans"? How does her background impact her style of writing in "Mericans"?

In the essay, "Straw Into Gold: The Metamorphosis of the Everyday," Cisneros used an analogy to the fairy tale Rumpelstiltskin to help make her point. In the essay"Cinderella's Stepsisters," Morrison uses a similar technique by discussing how Cinderella'sstepsisters treated her as a basis for a larger argument about how women treat one another. Compare and contrast how Cisneros and Morrison used their analogies. In what ways did they use the technique the same? How did they use them differently?

In Cisneros's "Straw Into Gold: The Metamorphosis of the Everyday," what do Cisneros's Latin American friends assume she can do?

In "Straw Into Gold: The Metamorphosis of the Everyday," why do you think Cisneros regards herself as a rebel?

What is the significance of Sandra Cisneros's quote "I like to think that somehow my family, my Mexicanness, my poverty, all had to do with shaping me into a writer. I like to think my parents were preparing me all along for my life as an artist even though they didn’t know it"?

In Cisneros' "Barbie Q," what is the meaning of the damaged dolls in the flea market?

How does Aunt Lupe influence Esperanza?

How would the effect of  Cisneros's "Straw Into Gold: The Metamorphosis of the Everyday" have been different if she had not mentioned her weaknesses, such as her inability to come out of her shell?

Near the end of "Straw Into Gold: The Metamorphosis of the Everyday," Cisneros says, "I've done all kinds of things I didn't think I could do." Name one of the achievements she lists.

Which of the following lines from The House on Mango Street gives details about the Cisneros's culture? 1. "In English, my name means hope." 2. "It is the Mexican records my father plays on Sunday mornings." 3. "It means sadness." 4. "In Spanish, it means too many letters."

I want to know about a writer named Sandra Cisneros life and an in-depth analysis of at least three of his or her works.