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In “The House on Mango Street,” Sandra Cisneros creates a believable scene using different elements of creative writing. Cisneros uses her description of the setting to allow “The House on Mango Street” to have a life of its own. She capitalizes on using the point of view of a young girl to set the theme of the story. She allows the reader to understand the characters without saying too much about any of them. Her story is successful in portraying a situation of devastating poverty in only a few words.
The setting of the story is between two houses; the one where the narrator’s family currently resides on Mango, and the house before, on Loomis. Both houses are small, run down, and in low class neighborhoods. Of the house on Mango Street, Cisneros describes it as “small and red with tight little steps . . . and windows so small you’d think they were holding their breath . . . There is no front yard, o
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Sandra Cisneros’ use of setting, theme, and point of view in the short story “The House on Mango Street” enables her to create a realistic environment for readers to look in on the life of a young impoverished girl. Her descriptive sentences build an imaginable setting readers can easily picture. Her use of point of view brings one closer to the narrator and establishes a sense of empathy. She also incorporates the theme of poverty throughout the story. Cisneros’ successful use of these elements allowed for a touching, although short, piece of work.
Another way the author lends to reality is using a first person point of view. The narrator is a young girl who shares her small home with her mother, father, and three siblings. She is a reliable narrator, telling things the way she sees them, not as she is told. Of the house on Mango Street, “For the time being, Mama says. Temporary, says Papa” (291)
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