... I s beet considered a strategic device for interpretation a text. Deconstructists wish to deconstruct the idea that truth or a core of metaphysical ideals can be believed, articulated, and supported. The student essay by Jennifer Douglas on "The House on Mango Street" uses transcendental signifier, logocentrism, and binary oppositions as well as alternates the privileged and the unprivileged. Douglas, though, does not apply supplementation and misspeaks. Applying transcendental signifier, Douglas ... privileging reality and dream by first acknowledging the positive aspects of the house ...

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