Thursday, December 1, 2011

Women by Windows

In The House On Mango Street windows are used as one of the central images. Esperanza's great-grandmother was forced into the traditional life of a wife. Her only way to deal with being trapped in her home was to look out of a window to the world she couldn't go out to. In the following vignettes women by windows are often seen. Rafeala is another girl depicted being by a window. The vignette she appears in is Rafaela Who Drinks Coconut and Papaya Juice, this story shows her to be a girl who's husband believes her to be too beautiful to let out of the house.

The rest of the book includes a variety of other characters who do the same, including Minerva, Sally and Mamacita. If there was one thing they all had in common despite looking out of windows, it would be the trapped lives they shared.
-Akim C.-
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  1. lizziematsDecember 4, 2011 at 4:53 PM

    Akim,
    This is good but not well organized. You do not use the I.C.E. format--introducing each idea, citing evidence for support, and expanding, explaining and elaborating your ideas. Please revise and re-post. Also, correct your errors. There are several.

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