Sandra Cisneros 'The House On Mango Street'

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The identity of these characters comes from all the factors and their experiences, but also reference back to Sandra Cisneros who is the author of “The House on Mango Street”. In an interview based on identity theory by Robert Birnbaum, Sandra Cisneros is asked about the disclaimer at the beginning of her book and her responsibility for what is in the story. She states, “I wanted to admit that characters were based on real people. But I wanted to also say and be truthful that it’s based on real people but it isn’t autobiography. Many books that you read, they have those disclaimers that say that, ‘None of the events and none of the people are based on real life’ and so on… Well, I don’t believe that. I think that as human beings many people

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