... similar stereotypes that applied in some way or another to Esperanza. At the same time, none of the characters were stock. Nobody in this book was typical. In point of fact, they were all extremely strange. This was an interesting technique that Cisneros utilized. In whole, The House On Mango Street demonstrated societies oppression of Latina females in Urban communities like Chicago today. ... Sandra Cisneros obviously spent much time showing readers what to do and what not to do. This book is thematically the ... story of the lives of many inner-city Latina females today and Cisneros ...

• Word Count: 1031
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School