Analysis of The House On Mango Street by Sanda Cisneros

By: Lee A. Zito
The House On Mango Street is a book filled with colorful chapters which are small yet powerful. Sandra Cisneros has poetically written each vignette as short pieces of literary art. All are reflections from her childhood. The text is literally written in a child's sort of language, but through this the reader receives a deeper meaning within Cisneros' descriptive thoughts.
Growing up in Chicago as a young hispanic girl, Cisneros describes emotionally and physically her surroundings while living on Mango Street. For the main character, Esperanza, Mango Street is not wha…