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HOMS
Quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What POV? | First Person point of view |
| What is the setting? | Loomis street, House on Mango Street |
| What is conflict? | main character doesn't want to live in a poor, old, on the verge of broken down house |
| Who are the characters? | Mama, Papa, Carlos, Kiki, Nenny, and Narrator |
| How many short stories? | 44 short stories put together |
| Human v_______ | Human v. society |
| What are the themes? | Cultural tradition Gender roles Coming of age |
| what is voice? | allows a reader to "hear" a human personality in writing. Voice depends on the style, attitude, and perspective of the author. |
| what is style? | the form and structure of writing. Sentence structure and word choice and stylistic elements. Style is the way the voice is communicated |
| Define Vignette. | short, impressionistic scenes that focus on one moment or give particular insight into a character, idea, or setting |
| Human/civil rights issues | Racism Discrimination' Rights of a child Women's rights Poverty Independence Cultural freedom Prejudice Rape Peer pressure Boys Immigration The importance of a family unit Identity Crime Prostitution Education Stereotyping Religion |
| What is the theme? | Hard to place the genre; breaks the rules of plot and form Thematically: "coming of age" story |
| What does Esperanza stand for? | In English means Hope; sadness, waiting in Spanish - expresses conflict in America than her home |
| What does Esperanza want? | to be free, but feels tied down |
| What was the grandmother described as? | free-willed; independent |
| Why did they do at school? | pronounced her name wrong; when it's supposed to be soft > recognized the beauty of her heritage |
| "I would like to baptize myself....." | holy imagery, baptism - new life, new start. wanted to be reborn as someone else with better living situation |
| What is the name she wants instead of Esperanza? | Zeze the X like a superhero |
| What is Nenny's other name? | Magdalena |
| Cathy thinks she is | better because she is European Caucasian descent so she'd not like the rest |
| Cathy is | lonely |
| How much does it cost to be someone's friend? | Five dollars |
| what did they buy? | A bike |
| Who are the people she meets? | Rachel and Lucy |
| Who do they buy the bike from? | Tito |
| Bike is a symbol of | freedom |
| Laughter is a chapter to | better understand Nenny and Esperanza's connection |
| The house looks like | Mexico |
| The furniture store was a metaphor for her | life |
| Statue of Liberty for a dime symbolizes | freedom |
| The old man doesn't sell the music box | last piece of hope in the ugliness of the town |
| music | transcends reality which was poverty; magic |
| Meme has a dog with two names one | in Spanish and English |
| Meme's real name is | Juan |
| The house Meme lived in built by Cathy's dad was meant to | be an imitation of what hey could had in France but doesn't work out and is crooked w/ too many stairs |
| Louie's family is | Puerto Rican |
| Marin sold avon | to marry her boyfriend |
| Marin and Esperanza are similar | they both want to escape the street and the poverty but seek it in different ways; Marin is looking for someone to rescue her a man to save her |
| The car was a | yellow Cadillac |
| Esperanza looks up to Marin | a big sister she understands things and explain things to her like the cream to take off lip hairs, how to make babies, white flicks myth |
| Louie's parents want to send Marin back because she is | too much trouble |
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