Mango Street-"The First Job"
The House on Mango Street
Journal Guide for Chapter Twenty-One
“The First Job”
Answer the following questions in complete sentences.
Questions
1. Why did Esperanza need a job?
2. What job did Esperanza get?
3. What happened to her on her first day of work?
Themes
The exploitation of women is a major theme of this novel. How is this theme developed in this chapter?
Style
Cisneros has a poetic style. She incorporates both vivid imagery and spare prose. She uses both to create a picture of the narrator’s world.
1. What words does Esperanza use to describe her first day of work?
2. How do these words create a sense of Esperanza’s naiveté?
Personal Response
In this chapter, Esperanza’s trusting nature is abused. Has there been a time in your life when you feel that your trust in people put you in a difficult position? Do you think it is better to be trusting or cynical? Why?
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1. Esperanza needed a job so that she could pay for highschool.
2. Esperanza put together pictures with the negatives in a photoshop.
3. An old man kissed her.
Themes
Esperanza is exploited by being tricked into a kiss by an old perverted man who assumed he could get away with it.
1. Esperanza uses words that make the whole experience detatched from her.
2. These words make Esperana seem much too immature for a job.
Personal Response
I think its safer to be cynical but ignorance is bliss, until one becomes informed and that bliss is tarnished
DavisL per 4
1. She needs money for the catholic high school.
2. Her job was at peter pan photo finishers.
3. A guy who worked ther kissed her on the lips by telling her it was his birthday and when she went to kiss him on the cheek he tricked her.
4. It is developed when the guy tricks esperanza and kisses her.
5. She uses the words that it was ok but tiring. She says that it was kind of nerve racking.
6. She thought it would be easy the first day but she was wrongin some ways.
7. It is better to be trusting becaus people may break ur trust but then they end up regaining it some how.
Questions:
1.She needed money for Catholic High School because it was very expensive.
2.She started working at Peter Pan Photo Finishers.
3.On her first day of work she was scared that she wasn't doing any thing right. She even ate her lunch in the wash room.
Themes:
1. There was this old man that told her it was his birthday and tricked her into kissing him.
Style:
1. She said it was really easy but she didn't know anyone and felt weird.
2. It makes her seem like she isn't ready for the job yet.
Personal Response:
There was this one time when I trusted this one guy to meet me in the class to help me finish a project and he never ended showing up. It put me in a position were I did not get to finish my project correctly and get a low grade.
J Calderon P.1
Questions
1. Esperanza needs money to pay for school.
2. She worked at the peter pan photo finishers.
3. On her first day at work a man asked her for a birthday kiss and he kissed her on the lips.
Themes
1. Men think that women aren't strong and think they can do whatever they want to do with them and getaway with it, which in this neighborhood seems that they can and will.
Style
1. She said her job was easy, she also mentioned that when it was lunch time she was scared beacause she had to eat alone with alot of men.
2. Well she still thinks that men won't do anything if she is seen alone.
Personal Response
I think there should be a balance of both and you should know when it is time to be trusting and when its time to be cynical.
Questions
1. She needs a job so she can go to school.
2. She worked with pictures and put them together.
3. She got a kiss by this old guy.
Themes
By the old guy kissing her he wants to get away with it.
Style
1. She uses words to help her not remeber what had happend with her and the old man.
2. That she might not be ready for a job.
Personal Response
Has never happend to me, i trust every one and every one trust's me. So it makes me feel real good and my firends real good.
KevinM p4
1.Esperanza needed money for high school.
2.A job at a photo development place.
3.An old man kissed her on the mouth.
4.Women are thought to be abjects or servants in the novel.
5.She thoght it was easy and tiring.
6.She doesn't seem fit to work in a job if she to shy.
7.its better to by cynical because you can't trust anyone but yourself.
Thunt per 4
Questions
Esperanza needed a job to help pay for her high school education.
Esperanza got a job at Peter Pan Photo Finishers.
On Esperanza's first day at work, and old man was flirting with her, and ends up forcing Esperanza to kiss him.
Themes:
In this chapter, the theme is developed to show how some young women are put into uncomfortable situations when confronted by old men.
Style:
When Esperanza described her first day at work, she used a few words that portrayed her as scared, unsure, and frightened.
The image that her description portrayed was that she was not ready for the responsibility, and the pressure of the job.
Personal Response:
If you learn to balance your trust, then you can keep yourself out of harms way.
SteeleD Per4
1. Esperanza's Father could not supply her with a High school education in terms of money, thus she must get a job to support herself throughout High school.
2. While working at Peter Pan Photo Finishers, Esperanza's position is to match the negatives to their original photos.
3. A oriental man asks for a inoccent peck on the cheek for a birthday present, however as she closes the gap between her mouth and his cheek, he grasps her face and forces a mouth-to-mouth kiss.
Themes
-Esperanza's innocence and naiveté
leads to the old man forceing himself upon her.
Style
1.The description she gives us leads me to believe that, while her job is easy, she feels that the lack of company or at least human emotion from coworkers is a bit unnerving.
2. Such words gives the effect that her innocence and gulibility could be her downfall in this particular chapter.
Personal
Being cynical could avert more situations like this, however such atitudes leads to the separation from others.
Roy Ortiz
Per.1
The First Job
Questions:
1.She needed to pay for private school.
2.She pus together photos.
3.An old asian man kissed her.
Themes:
1.She is exploited by an old man trying to be her friend and being tricked into a kiss by an old man.
Style:
1.She uses words that she didn't like.
2.She is mad at her first job.
Personal response:
1.No i'd rather be trusted than cynical.
The First Job
PERIOD 1
Questions
1. She got a job because she needs to help pay for her Catholic High School.
2. Esperanza got a job at a photo finishers, matching negatives with thier pictures.
3. On her first day of work she sat alone and ate lunch, and was kissed by a old oreintal co-worker.
Themes
In every chapter, some event occurs that test Esperanza, and forces her to show more of herself.
Style
1. Esperanza describes her new job as easy, but a little scary because she didn't know anyone.
2. Esperanza doesn't realize that things aren't always going to be so easy, and you can't trust everybody.
Personal Response
I have put my trust in people and it most definitly been broken. It's better to be cynical and not get your hopes up about people. Stand your ground and maybe let people open up to you a little more before you come too vulnerable.
1.Esperanza needs to earn money so she will be able to pay her cathlic high school.
2. She works in a foto shop.
3. An old asian man tricked her into kissing her.
4. the old man wants to ket away with the kiss.
5. She did not knew anyone from her new work.
6. she is to young to work.
7. I trust people that trust me. If i loose their strust it is hard to gain trust.
1. Esperanza wanted a job so she can pay to go to high school.
2. For her job, she puts together the pictures and neagtives.
3. An old asian guy kissed her in the mouth.
Themes
The old asian man tricked her and he though he could get away with it because he said it was his birthday.
1.Esparanza wanted to forget that this every happend.
2. The words she used make it seem that shes too young to handle the job she has.
personal response
I always try to rely on myself, and only myself. Trust nobody but yourself because even the closest person to you can turn as fast as it takes you to blink.
Questions:
1.Esperanza needed a job so she could go to private school.
2.She got a job at a photo place.
3.On her first day of work she hid from everyone and an old man kissed her.
Themes:
1.Esperanza just kind of excepts the man kissing her and doesn't really do anything about it. Some women are like that when boys do things like that to them.
Style:
1.She says it was easy but doesn't really seen like she had a wonderful time.
2.The words Esperanza use make her seem too young to be working.
Personal Response:
1.I think it is better to be trusting. Even though some people might let you down if you don't have trust you dont have anything.
cBreedlove p1
1. Esperanza needed job to pay for her private school funds.
2. A job at a photo-store.
3. An old man kissed her.
Theme response - The old man thinks that he can get away with kissing Esperanza because she is a young girl.
Style response -
1. Esperanza said it was easy but awkward in a sense.
2. It makes the reader think that she is ready to have a job but she probally still will be awkward doing that job.
Personal Response -
There's been many times when i've been put into a difficult position based on if I am cynical or I am trusting. I would rather not name just one situation but just the times when you trust someone and then later realize that you shouldn't have trusted that person or at least make everyone earn their trust.
1. She needed money so she can pay for her catholoic high school.
2.she had to match the negatives and pictures at her job.
3.On her first day at work she eats in the wash room and an old asian kisse her on her lips because he wanted a birthday kiss.
themes
1. The old guy kissed her and got away with it.
Style
1. She makes it seem like it was alright but she'd rather not do it.
2. that she might not be ready or old enough to get a job.
personal response
I think its better to be cynical because if your trustworthy some thing really bad might happen to you.
1.) She needed the money for a Catholic school.
2.)She worked at Peter Pan Photo Finishers.
3.)An oriental man kissed her on his birthday.
Themes
1.) The man kissed her without even asking her.
Style
1.)She used words like "easy" and "tired"
2.) It seems like she will get bored of this job real easy.
Personal Response
1.) I think its better to be trusting because because you will gain more respect by your friends and you will get more friends if you can be trusted.
KMolter Per1
1. She got a job because she needs to help pay for her Catholic High School.
2. Esperanza got a job at a photo finishers, matching negatives with pictures.
3. On her first day of work she sat alone and ate lunch, and was kissed by a old oreintal co-worker.
Themes
In every chapter, some event occurs that tests Esperanza which makes her learn more about herself.
Style
1. Esperanza describes her new job as easy, but a little scary because she didn't know anyone.
2. Esperanza realize that things aren't always going to be so easy, and you can't trust everybody.
Personal Response
I have given m trust to many people but at times when I tell them to not tell people they do.This makes me lose trust within them and can't tell them things. I think it is better to be trusting because then you are considered as a good person and easy to talk with.
Iespada Per. 1
I.
1)Esperanza needed a job because her Catholic high school was getting expensive.
2)Esperanza got a job at a photo shop that her aunt worked at.
3)Her first day of work was awkward because she felt out of place wherever she went.
II.
1)The theme of the exploitation of women is expressed in this chapter by giving Esperanza a not particularly good job. She just had to match pictures with their negatives and she wasn't allowed to know where the pictures were going.
III.
1)Esperanza uses words like scared and nervous to describe her first day at work.
2)Esperanza thought that she felt better just because someone talked to her and she trusted him. She shouldn't have trusted the creepy old guy.
IV.
1)I only talk to my close friends about my problems that I don't want anyone else to know about because people tend to tell everyone about my secrets. I think it is better to be trusting rather than cynical because if you're cynical, you'll never have anyone to talk to because you won't trust them.
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