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The title of the novel A House on mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros, is both straightforward and deceptive. The name of the street suggests a quiet street in a nice neighborhood, a street lined with trees in a lazy afternoon. As soon as the first chapter begins, the reader will find out that the street and therefore the house in question are anything but. Houses do indeed symbolize in the novel stability, anchors in childhood memories, family life, and shelter.
The narrator introduces a grim series of houses she has spent her childhood in, culminating with the house that will give the title of the novel. Houses are for the adult remembering childhood memories a symbol of a life style, reminders of a harsh or sometimes, happy reality. A house stands there for the one remembering the days she spent in it and around it, as the place filled with the laughter of children, the crying of babies, parents' voices, keeper of night dreams and day dreams, dreams of escaping and dreams of change.
In the section titled "A Good Day," the narrator describes the happy moments she had spent after chipping in for the purchasing and sharing of a new bike. She and her two new friends, two sisters from the neighborhood, ride their new bike together and forget about everything else for the brief time they enjoy their ride: "We ride fast and faster. Past my house, sad and red and crumbly in places, past Mr. Benny's grocery on the corner, and down the avenue which is dangerous. Laundromat, junk store, drugstore, windows and cars and more cars, and around the block back to Mango"(16). The children escaped for a short while from the universe of their sad houses and street only to go back to it soon after.
The first section with the same title as the novel, announces a house on Mango Street that stands...
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