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Mango Street
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Name the 5 major themes | racism, sexism, classism, adolescence, & immigration |
| Explain the racism in this book | esperanza is from mexico, lives in a white neighborhood |
| name two chapters with racism | my name and cathy queen of cats |
| explain the sexism in this book | many incidents of sexual abuse toward girls. many pedophiles and many possessive dads |
| name two chapters with sexism | Family of little feet & Minerva writes poems |
| Explain the classism in the book | The family lives in a poor neighborhood and esperanza is embarrassed about her house |
| two chapters with classism | house on mango street & bums in the attic |
| Explain the immigration in this book | many illegal immigrants, and lots of talk about going back to mexico |
| Name 3 chapters about immigration | No speak english, marin, geraldo |
| explain death in this book | Angel vargas abuelito aunt lupe geraldo |
| name 4 chapters in which death takes | geraldo there was an old woman papa who wakes up tired in the dark born bad |
| describe mango street | not very safe, crumbling old buildings. gils furniture store |
| Sally and esperanza | were friends at the beginning and then sally leaves esperanza for boys |