How Does Sandra Cisneros Use Unusual Language In The House On Mango Street

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While writing the book House on Mango Street Sandra Cisneros uses unusual language throughout the story to highlight the theme, characters, setting, and conflict. For example, on page eight during the Boys and Girls vignette, Cisneros uses the word we to show the contrast between the girls and the boys that live on Mango Street.
As a result of the gender tension, she states, “The boys live in their universe and we in ours” (Cisneros 8). This quote shows a conflict between the two genders and the separation that occurs between the girls and the boys. Cisneros uses we to show that Esperanza is one of many girls who feel ashamed to be a young women, and because she is disappointed that her own brothers will not talk to her in public she states,

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