Salvador Late And No Speak English Essay

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Salvador Late or Early and No Speak English are two fascinating short stories written by the same author; Sandra Cisneros. Each story explores the different ways Sandra use to demonstrate conflict. One of her more famous developments of conflicts is her vivid description of setting. By her use of subtle hints during the description of the setting, Sandra Cisneros is able to foreshadow future events with the diction she chooses. Therefore, Sandra Cisneros develops the conflict of Salvador Late or Early and No Speak English through the use of advanced diction and foreshadowing in the description of each short stories’ settings. Simply because of Sandra Cisneros’ diction choice through the setting description does it allow the audience to fully understand where and when the short story is taking place. …show more content…

His home that was, “Somewhere in that vague direction where homes are the color of bad weather,”(first paragraph, 2nd comma). Words such as vague provide the reader with a sense of loneliness and inattention as if Salvador’s home is too forgotten for anybody to visit, and the lands are too bare for anybody to live there. Other words like ‘color of bad weather’ illustrate a dark and broken down house just begging for a storm to put it out of it’s misery. There is no happy thought provoked by this string of words together. In fact, these four words set the mood and the tone for the rest of story. It’s almost a prediction for the bad things about to come Salvador’s way. This type of unique diction can also be seen in No Speak English (pg. 72 of The House on Mango Street). In this short story written by Sandra Cisneros a very big lady comes to the her son’s house along with her baby boy. Because there is a language barrier between her and the rest of the community (she is from a different country, most likely Spain) the woman does not come out of her son’s home. Instead, “she sits all day by the window and

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