The House on Mango Street is a short novel written by a Latina author known as Sandra Cisneros. Today she is a well-known author in Chicanos Literature mainly because of this novel. The story takes place in a Latino neighborhood in Chicago most likely around ... The theme of the novel is to show all the interesting things that may happen while living in a tough Hispanic neighborhood. The novel starts off as a girl by the name of Esperanza explaining her background before she ended up on Mango Street with her family. She describes her living arrangements and where she sleeps in night, ... whi...

• Word Count: 1313
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School