HELPP

Part A

What is a theme of The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros?


People who allow others to control them give away their own power.

Success will come to those who keep trying and never give up.

People can be imprisoned by their circumstances, but it is up to them to find a way out.

People should not depend on others to fix their problems.

Part B

Which detail from the novella best develops the theme identified in Part A?


“Shame is a bad thing, you know. It keeps you down. You want to know why I quit school? Because I didn’t have nice clothes. No clothes, but I had brains.”

“Marin, under the streetlight, dancing by herself, is singing the same song somewhere. I know. Is waiting for a car to stop, a star to fall, someone to change her life.”

"Not a flat. Not an apartment in back. Not a man's house. Not a daddy's. A house all my own. With my porch and my pillow, my pretty purple petunias."

“You will always be Mango Street. You can’t erase what you know. You can’t forget who you are.”