Mango Street-"A Rice Sandwich"
The House on Mango Street
Journal Guide for Chapter Eighteen
“A Rice Sandwich”
Answer the following questions in complete sentences.
Questions
1. Why does Esperanza want to eat in the canteen?
2. How does Esperanza convince her mother to allow her to eat in the canteen?
3. Why did Esperanza say that the house was hers when it wasn’t?
4. What did Esperanza experience in the canteen?
Themes
1. Once again Esperanza endures a humiliating experience. How is the experience with the nun in this chapter similar to the experience in chapter one? Why does Esperanza lie about her home?
2. What did she learn from this experience?
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 the narrator use to describe her reaction to the nun’s questioning? What does this show about Esperanza?
2. Why is this chapter titled “The Rice Sandwich?” Would another title be more appropriate?
Personal Response
How are the adults portrayed in this novel? How did you see adults when you were a child?
posted by dconlay @ 8:30 AM
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19 Comments:
davisL per 4
1. She thought that is was a good place to eat because special kids eat there.
2. She says that her house is not close but not that far away to the canteen.
3. She says its hers because a nun asks her where her house is so she lies to a nun.
4. She was humiliated and embarrased.
5. It is similar because It is about her home. She lies because The nun thought she could see esperanza's house from there and she was wrong but esperanza did not want her to know it.
6. She learns that the canteen was nothing special.
7. Esperanza lies and starts to cry.it shows that she does not like that place anymore and her personality.
8. I think it should be called canteen because that is what the chapter is about and where esperanza is alot.
9. The adults are portayed as rude and they ask questions alot. The adults when i was a kid were nice and very generous.
Questions
1. She wants to eat in a canteen because she thinks it sounds important.
2. She convinces her by saying she is the only one getting one and that she will make it herself.She tells her mother that she will see less of her and that this way she will appreciate her more when she gets home.
3. She said it was her house so the nun would feel sorry for her.
4. She saw it wasn't special and lots of kids stared at her while she cried and ate her sandwich.
Themes
1. It is similar because in both chapters she felt ashamed about her home. She lies about her house because she is embarrassed about it and she was trying to get away with something.
2. She learned that she was wrong in trying to lie to get what she wanted. She was disappointed in the end.
Style
1. She said that she started to cry, it shows that Esperanza is sensitive.
2. It is titled that because that is what this chapter is about, Esperanza's lunch.
Personal Response
1. They are stern people who either look out for the best or try to hurt the children. When i was a child i thought they were there to bother me and tell me what to do all the time but i also realized that they took care of me.
1. She wants to eat in the canteen so she does not have to live to her house, that it is really far.
2. She tells her that she can’t walk that much to her house everyday.
3. was ashamed of her house, that house was better than her house
4. She was alone.
Themes
1. She did not want to be more humiliated by the nun because she dose not live at that house.
2. That she should not be embrace of her house.
1. Embarrassed. She is ashamed of her house and her family.
2. It is the right name for this chapter.
Personal Response
I saw them as they were smart, that they were right.
J Calderon P.1
Questions
1. She wants to eat in the canteen to see how it is in there.
2. She says there would be less dishes to wash and she would see her less and less and like her more and more.
3. She said that because she was embarrased of her house.
4. She saw that the canteen wasn't anything special.
Themes
1. When the nun asks were she lives she lies and says its somewhere else because she is embarrassed of where she lives.
2. She learned that between the canteen and her house there wasnt any difference becasue the canteen wasnt anything special.
Style
1. She started to cry. It showed that Esperanza is very sensitive.
2. The title is fine,because that rice sandwich was her pass to everything that happened that day.
Personal Response
1. The adults are made out to be really mean or not able to understand little kids,when i was small I actually thought adults were really nice.
PERIOD 1
Questions
1. She wants to eat in the canteen because she wants to be missed. The kids that eat in the canteen are special, and if she ate at school there would be less dishes to wash.
2. Esperanza asks, and pleads with her mother for 3 days, he mother finally is sick of it and gives in.
3. She doesn't like it when the nuns yell at her. It makes her cry and she just wanted to leave her office.
4. The one day at the canteen is nothing special, Esperanza cried the whole time.
Themes
1. This experiance is similar because in the first chapter Esperanza was ashamed of her house. Esperanza lied about her home because the ones she lives in aren't much better.
2. She learned that the canteen is no big deal, and that her lunch gets greasy and cold by the time lunch comes.
Style
1. The narrator uses words to make it seem like the nun was being mean, and forcing her to stand on boxes.
2. The whole chapter was based in Esperanza wanting to eat her rice sandwich at school. I don't know what other title would be appropriate.
Personal Response
In this novel adults seem to be mean. All of them seem short with their children. I was surrounded by some really cool adults when I was younger. My dad is amazing, and when i was younger i knew that. My parents always had the greatest friends, that loved on me so much because i was the first born.
1. Esperanza sees that special kids eat in the canteen and she wants to try it
2. Esperanza convinces her mother that she would appreciate her daughter more if she didn't see her so much everyday.
3. Esperanzs was too flustered and embarassed by her house that she would pick any other house even if it looked worse than hers.
4. Esperanza was stared at and ate alone in the canteen.
Themes
1. The experience with the nun is similar wo aht happend in chapter one in that she was scorned for living where she does.
2. Esperanza leanred that looks do matter.
Style
1. Esperanza cries when the nun starts asking her questions because she is so deathly intimidated by them.
2. The title suits the chapter because its more art than formatted literature.
Personal Response
The Adults are mean and missunderstanding. I never felt a certain way about any adults besides my parents who i just felt were there to give me things.
nensastegui_p1
1. Esparanza wants to eat in the canteen because she wants to be one of the special kids.
2.Esperanza begs her and tells her that the house is too far away from school.
3.Esperanza said it was her house so that the nun would feel sorry for her and let her have lunch in the canteen.
4.Esperanza experienced nothing but embarasment in the canteen and thought that there was nothing special about it anymore.
5.It is similar from the first chapter because it shows that Espenranza is ashamed of where she lives.
6. She learned that it is bad to lie and especially when maybe it is not even worth it.
7.The narrator drew an image that Esperanza is sensible becaus eshe started crying.
8.I think the chapter should be called "A Day In The Canteen," bacause it is all about her wanting to eat there.
Questions:
1.She want to eat there because she feels left out. The kids in the canteen are special and she want people to think of her as special.
2.Esperanza bothered her mom for 3 days trying to convince her mom in letting her eat in the canteen. Finally, she let her eat there.
3.She feels embarresed telling them where her real house is, so she shows them a diffrens house.
4.Everyone was staring at her crying. She had to eat her food and she didn't like it because it was already cold.
Themes:
1.She is embarresed baciclly the same as in the first chapter about where she lives, how beat up her house is.
2.She learned that everthing isn't the same as it looks.
Styles:
1.Esperanza starts crying after the nun's questioning. This shows that she is very sensetive.
2.It is tittled this because she had to eat cold rice and when its cold it get kind of hard.
Personal Response:
The adults seem kind of mean in this chapter not letting the kids do anything. Today adults are like this also, but know we get a little more freedom.
B contreas per 4
Question's
1. She wants to eat there so that maybe some people would miss her.
2. She tells her that there would be less dish's to wash and less walking to do.
3. She say's this because she dosent want the nun to really see where she lives.
4. She was embarrased while she ate her sandwich.
Themes
1. After being embarrased, she dident wona be made fun of for where she lived.
2. That she could not keep on lieing about where she live's.
Style
1. Embarrased of where she lives and how her family is.
2. It should be called lier lier pants on fire, because she keeps on lieing.
Personal Response
I saw them as people who dident know what they where doing and i knew every thing and they dident.
MonroyK per 4
1.Esparanza did not want to go home and eat over there and just wanted to stay in school with the "special" kids.
2.Esperanza annoys her mother the she gives in and Esperanza tells her she does not have to see her face or wash dishes when she not there.
3.She did not want to prove the nun wrong and she wanter her to stop yelling at her.
4.Esperanza got stares and was humiliated in front of the other children.
5.The experience is similar because that is how she thought about her home.
6.The canteen was nothing special anymore.
7.It shows that esperanza is very shy and accepts everything that is told to her. She has very low self esteem.
8.The chapter is called rice sandwich because that is what she made for herself the first time she stayed in the canteen.
9.The adults are like the children today they ask too many questions.
the adults when I was a child were nothing different.
THUNT PER 4
Questions:
Esperanza wanted to eat in the canteen, because many of the other kids do.
Esperanza convinces her mother to let her eat at the canteen by persisting and saying if she ate at the canteen, her mother would have fewer dishes to do.
Esperanza said it was her house, even though it wasn’t because she was nervous, and scared of the nun.
Esperanza experienced racial profiling on a smaller scale. While she was in the canteen, she ended up sitting alone and keeping to herself.
Themes:
The humiliating experience Esperanza endures with the nun is similar to the experience in chapter one, because in both cases, she was ashamed of her home.
Esperanza's experience at the canteen taught her that there will always be negativity directed towards people of other races, but you can learn to overcome it.
Style:
The words of choice to described Esperanza's experience with the nun gave a feeling of fright. Esperanza was nervous and ashamed of whom she was.
Personal Response:
Adults are portrayed as naive and unknowing of the impact that they have on children's lives. They don't seem to understand what others are going through. When I was a child, I saw adults as rude, they didn't seem to care about how you felt, what you thought, and what you had to say.
Roy Ortiz
Per.1
A rice sandwich
Questions:
1.She wants to eat in the canteen to feel special.
2.She keeps naging at her for three days.
3.So she wont make to sister feel stupid.
4.She didn't experience anything because they were mean to her.
Themes:
1.She is left out and they don't pay attention to her.She is ashamed of her house.
2.She learned that home is to best place to be.
Style:
1.She just agrees with what the sister said and is shy.
2.Her mom made her a rice sandwichy. It is good becuase maybe just a rice sandwich is better than the canteen.
Personal response:
1.They are very ignorint and they are very controling.
G,Ney
per1
1.She wanted to eat in the canteen because thats where all the specail kids ate at.
2.Her mother says that her house is close but not really that far and Esperanza might pass out.
3.Because a nun asked her and she probaly didn't want hthe nun to go knock at her door.
4.She was embarrased.
Theme
1.She doesn't want people to know where she lives at.
2.That she rather eat at home then at school.
Style
1.I dont know what words she used but she was curios why the nun wanted to know were she lived.
2.No because Esperanza was eating a rice sanwich.
Pr
There portrayed as people who you must respect and listen to .I would respect them.
PERIOD 1
Questions
1. She wants to eat in the canteen because she wants to feel special. She wants her mom to miss her when she doesn't go home for lunch.
2. Esperanza has to beg her mother and makes her feel bad that she will miss her more.
3. She didn't want to leave the canteen.
4.Esperanza experienced that she didn't really like it and started to cry. Her food got cold by the time she got to it.
Themes
1. The experience with the nun is similar to chapter one because shes embarrassed of where she lives.
2. She learned the reason why she goes home for lunch and why the kids eat in the canteen.
Style
1. The words used to describe the nuns actions is that shes trying to be mean to Esperanza so she doesn't come back to the canteen becayse she doesn't need to.
2. The chapter is titled "A Rice Sandwich." because that is what her mom packs her to go to the canteen. No, I think the title is fine the way she is.
personal response
In this novel, adults aren't that important as the children because It's that Esperanza goes through. I saw adults as if they were monsters because they wouldn't understand me.♠
tshefflette
period 1
1. Because she believes all the special kids eat in the canteen, and she wants to feel special.
2. Esperanza convinces her mother by telling her that she will be excited to see her daughter when she comes home at three, instead of Esperanze just being there.
3. Because she was ashamed of her house and didn't want to tell anyone, or think any differently of her with her house being in the condition it's in.
4. She realized she didn't want to eat in the canteen, that she didn't belong in there.
1. She lied about her house because she didn't wat the nun to know which one was hers, because she was so embarrased.
2. Esperanze learned that the canteen was not a very special place after all.
1. She said that Esperanze started to cry.
2. No another title would not be appropriate, because she had ran out of lunch meat so her mother had to make her a rice sandwich. Just because she wanted to eat in the canteen so badly.
The adults in this story seem very strict and judgemental. The adults when i was a child seemed very kind , and caring.
cBreedlove p1
Questions:
1. She wants to eat in the canteen because it is important.
2. She pulls all the usual tricks such as saying that her mother would have more time to herself and there would be less dirty dishes.
3. Because she was ashamed of her own real house.
4. She didn't really experience anything except just to eat her sandwitch.
*edit: Put on page, I can edit later.*
KMolter Per1
Questions:
1.She want to eat there because she feels left out. The kids in the canteen are special and have keys around there neck.
2.Esperanza bothered her mom for 3 days trying to convince her mom in letting her eat in the canteen. Finally, she let her eat there.Because Esperanza told her mother that she would miss her more.
3.She feels embarresed telling them where her real house is, so she shows them a diffrens house.
4.Everyone was staring at her crying. She had to eat her food and she didn't like it because it was already cold.
Themes:
1.She is embarresed baciclly the same as in the first chapter about where she lives, how beat up her house is.
2.She learned that everthing isn't the same as it looks. Also to be happy with what you have.
Styles:
1.Esperanza starts crying after the nun's questioning. This shows that she is very sensetive and also ashamed and hurt.
2.It is tittled this because she had to eat cold rice sandwhich.
Personal Response:
The adults are portayed as rude and they ask questions alot. The adults when i was a kid were nice and very kind to anything I wanted or asked for.
Iespada Per.1
I.
1)Esperanza wants to eat in the canteen because all the other kids eat there and she wants to be like them.
2)Esperanza says that she will make her own lunch and gives her reasons like making things easier around the house.
3)Esperanza pointed out the raggedy house and said it was hers so the nun would let her eat in the canteen.
4)Esperanza’s mother didn’t have any lunch meats so Esperanza put rice in the sandwich and she was crying because of the nun so all the kids watched her cry and eat a rice sandwich.
II.
1)Both of the experiences involved her home and where she lived. She lied about her house so the nun would let her eat in the canteen.
2)Esperanza learned that the canteen wasn’t what she expected. It wasn’t as special as she thought.
III.
1)The narrator uses words like yelling, crying, and pointing to describe her experience with the nun.
2)The title is The Rice Sandwich because that’s one of the elements that made the chapter. Her sandwich being a rice sandwich shows that no matter how hard she tries to be like the other kids, she’s always going to be different.
IV.
1)This chapter portrays adults as condescending, mean people that don’t listen to children or don’t want to hear their reasoning. I looked at adults as teachers of life lessons and as guides to how to live life.
Questions:
1.She wanted to eat in the canteen because she wanted to be with everyone else.
2.She tells her mother to let her leave so she can appreciate her more.
3.Esperanza tells the nun that the house thats not hers is her house because she doesn't like it when nuns yell at her.
4.In the canteen all the boys and girls watched Esperanza cry.
Themes:
1.It is like the embarrasment in chapter one because she is embarrased of her house.
2.She learned that it is easier to tell the truth than to lie.
Style:
1.She says Esperanza starts to cry it shows Esperanza is scared to admit where her house is, I think esperanza is tired of being ashamed.
2.It is called the rice sandwich because she eats a rice sanwich for lunch. I think it should be called "The canteen"
Personal Response:
1.They are protrayed as mean and scary I used to think adults were mean and scary too.
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