Monday, May 7, 2007

Sandra Cisneros, "The House on Mango Street."

"This was the house Papa talked about when he held a lottery ticket, and this was the house Mama dreamed up in the stories she told us before we went to bed." pg747
This shows the american dream of always working your way up in the world striving for that better house. With a private lawn, and multible bathrooms. As the father buys arbitrary lottery tickets that will inevitably be nothing but the pursuit of a dream, and the mother dreams as she tells her children of a better home, they are indeed just going to stay on their path, moving from house to house one sometimes a little nicer than the last.

"Temporarily, says Papa. But I know how those things go." pg. 748
She has been falsely encouraged her whole life, that things will get better their lives will get better. Until she knows not to believe any of the comfort her parent's words used to give her. They will continue to move from one low-income house to another, and she has more acceptance than her parents. Her parents are almost trying to convince themselves as they encourage the family. But the young girl quietly accepts this routine.

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