Tuesday, October 27, 2009

House On Mango Street: Book Response

I recently finished the book The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros. In this book, Cisneros uses very creative writing in each of her short chapters that were divided into short stories. These short stories all came together to create a larger plot.

This book taught me that not all writing pieces have to be formally set up into organized paragraphs. Cisneros uses many paragraphs, her language isn't always clear, and her choice of chapter topics doesn't always seem relevant, but all of these unique aspects come together to make a very unique book. These unique writing strategies made the book fun to read, and it made my brain work to find the meaning of some of the text.

I will always respect Cisneros for her unique writing style, but i feel as if she tries to be too artistic at many points throughout the book. Some of the short stories still do not make sense to me, and i feel like i missed out on a lot of important themes.

My favorite story from the final part of the book was, A House of My Own. Despite being one of the shortest chapters in the book, i feel like it had was the most important chapter in the entire book. The entire book is about Cisneros' life in a crowded area with many neighbors and stresses. Cisneros describers her dream in the first passage of the chapter: "Not a flat. Not an apartment in back. Not a man's house. A house all my own. With my porch and pillow, my pretty purple petunias" (Cisneros 109), she said in a description of her dream to one day have her own home. She is still a small child in this part of the book, but by this early time in her life, she knows what she really wants in her life. I wish i knew what i really wanted to do with my life at a young age.

3 comments:

  1. I agree with you that Cisneros had a unique writing style made it fun and a different book to read

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  2. I Agree With You. Most Authors Dont Write The Way She Does, So I Guess That Makes It Interesting to Read.

    Good Job.!!

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  3. I agree with what Tyler said. I like writing and not worrying about whether my grammar is correct or not.

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