Mango Street-“Geraldo No Last Name”
The House on Mango Street
Journal Guide for Chapter Twenty-Five
“Geraldo No Last Name”
Answer the following questions in complete sentences.
Questions
1. Where did Marin meet Geraldo?
2. Why doesn’t Geraldo have a last name?
3. Why does Geraldo die? What clues let you believe that his death was not inevitable?
Quotes
Explain the significance of the following quotes.
Only Marin can’t explain why it mattered, the hours and hours, for somebody she didn’t even know.
His name was Geraldo. And his home was in another country. The ones he left behind are far away, will wonder, shrug, remember.
Themes
This chapter is another social criticism. The repetition of the questions reinforce the idea that Geraldo didn’t matter to the society in which he lived. What were the questions? How did the questioning of the police imply that Geraldo brought the accident on himself?
What actions and lines support Marin’s belief that Geraldo could have been saved?
Why does Esperanza talk about Geraldo’s home?
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 role does the repetition in this chapter play in the development of the theme?
2. How does Esperanza’s talk about Geraldo’s home connect the theme of home that carries throughout the novel?
Personal Response
This chapter is a social commentary. Are there still people in society that are treated the way that Geraldo was treated? If so, what should be done about it? Can anything be done?
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16 Comments:
Papa who...
1. Esperanza's father tells her that her granpa passed away. He cries because he loves him and also because it's his dad.
2. She is sad but she could understand why he is crying.
3. She doesn't know what to do because she has never seen her father cry before.
Quotes
Her father who is a hard worker today is missing work and sitting on the side of her bed.
She would be in the same position as her father if she lost him.
Themes
The part where Esperanza is aware that her family is in need of her is when she holds her dad really tight and she is the first to know about her grandpa.
Style
1. She chooses to intersperse spanish with english because they are Mexican and usually Mexican families choose to tell news in spanish.
2. The sense these words create is that she understands him and she is the first to know.
3. The responsibility Esperanza feels is that how is she going to tell them not to play today because their grandpa is dead.
4. They will have a black-and-white photo taken in front of the tomb shaped like spears in a white vase because this is how they send the deadaway in tat country.
Personal Response
The parts that make up my home is my family. I dont think i could do without any of my parts from my home. I must have my family's support.
Stacy Ramirez
period 1
davisL per4
1. Esperaza met him at a dance.
2. The name geraldo was the only name the guy gave marin. they never saw him again.
3. Gerlado died of a hit and run accident. The clue that it was just an accident.
4. Maybe she did know him. It could have been a close friend. It could have been her boyfriend.
5. He lived far away and his friends and family are far away.
6. That she met him at a dance or thats what she says and that he could have been saved in the hospital.
7. To maybe give a clue that he was not from around here and keep us entertained.
8. The role it plays is that it keeps us guessing on who he is and why marin is so attached to him.
9. In alot of the chapters it is about her home or another persons home.
10. Yes there is stil people treated that was. Although i dont think ypou can change the way the people who act that way. I think that there atleast may always be one who does that.
Geraldo No Last Name
Nensastegui_p1
1.Marin met Geraldo at a dance.
2.Geraldo doesn't have a last name because that is the only name she told Marin.
3.He dies because there was a hit-and-run which he was involved in.
Quotes:
1. It mattered to Marin because Geraldo had no one else that could look after him.
2.Maybe Geraldo did not have anyone in this country and now his family will never find out what happened with him.
Themes:
1.Marin believed that if Geraldo had not lost so much blood he could have been saved.
2.Esperanza talks about his home because maybe someone there is going to miss him.
Personal Response:
People still are treated badly because of what they look or because of their ethnicity. Ppeple should not be judged becaus eof this.
Questions:
1.Marin meets Geraldo at a dance.
2.Geraldo does have a last name,Marin just didn't know him long enough to get it.
3.Geraldo died because of a hit and run accident.
Quotes:
1.Esperanza doesn't understand why Marin is waiting in the hospital with Geraldo when she just met him.
2.The people he left at home will never know he died,and after they find out it might not be a big deal to them.
Themes:
1.Esperanza says "But what difference does it make?" she doesn't understand why Marin cares so much.
2.Esperanza talks about his home to explain maybe that he was like everyone else.
Style:
1.The repitition shows that maybe Esperanza didn't know much about Geraldo and the little she did was confusing.
2.He had a home and Esperanza doesn't.
Personal Response:
There are people that still get treated like this.People who are only illegal immigrants,who have no family here and it doesn't really make a difference if there dead. I think that there isn't really anything people can do about someone having no one care about them.
Roy Ortiz
Per.1
Geraldo No Last Name
Questions:
1.she met him at a dance.
2.He is an inmagrant.
3.He didn't have insurence or anything.
Quotes:
1.something just touched her about him.
2.He was from mexico and left his family on the other side.
Themes:
1.who is he.He did a hit and run.
2.If olny the surgeons had come.
3.That is were he is from and nobody will know what happens to him.
Style:
1.She met him at a club.She didn't know him.
2.Everyone has there home to go to.
Personal response:
1.There are alot of people being treated that way. Everyone should be able to go to the hospitol.
GERALDO NO LAST NAME
PERIOD 1
Questions
1. Marin met Geraldo at a dance.
2. Geraldo more than likely does have a last name, all he told Marin was his first name.
3. Geraldo was killed by a hit and run driver. It wasn't the hit and run that made it inevitable, it was when he got to the hospital and nobody was willing to help him survive.
Quotes
1. Marin didn't know why she went with him to the hospital. She didn't even know him. She felt like it was the right thing to do.
2. He was a immigrant, or just a guy who left his home to find something better just like everyone else in this book. He might of left home because know one cared about him, and he wasn't being taken care of.
Themes
The questions of the police were some what along the lines of where she met him and if she knew anything about him. He had no full name, no wallet, no address. To the police and the hospital Geraldo was a nobody, maybe that means he walked out of no where infront of the car. Making it seem like he didn't know any better.
2. " Nobody but an intern working all alone. And maybe if the surgeon would've come, maybe if he hadn't lost so much blood, if the surgeon had only come..."
3. Esperanza understands why he left his home. She understood that nobody cared about him enough to save his life.
Style
1. Repetition re-enforces ideas and things that are important.
2. The theme of home, and finding a home is expressed in Geraldo. He was a nobody to a lot of people. All he wanted to do was make a place for himself.
Personal Response
There are plenty of people in society that are thought of a treated like Geraldo. I don't think anything can be done. There is always going to be hate, no amount of education can change that. Kids learn from their parents, and it just goes on from there. You just have to not be so blinded by what people tell you.
G,Ney
per. 1
1.Esperanza met Geraldo at a dance.
2.Geraldo is just another wet back.
3.They didn't want to take him to the hospital because he doesn't have insurance.
Quotes
1.She felt very sad and sorry for him because he couldn't go to the hospital.
Themes
1.She says that only if they would of taken him to the hospital.
Style
1.Tehy know two languages but when they say some thing important thye talk in spanish.
2.The words kind of mean that she understands him because everyone is looking for a home.
Pr
Today yes there is still people who are bieng treated really bad and not bieng helped. Someone should do some thing about this.
Geraldo...
J Calderon P.1
Questions
1. She met him at a dance.
2. He doesn't have a a last name because they don't know it Marin only knew his first name.
3. Geraldo dies because of a hit and run, and he is never seen again.
Quotes
1. Marin is the only one who doesn't know why she cared so much for someone she barely knew, because everyone else knew why.
2. Geraldo was from another country and his family lived there and so they won't know what hapened to him.
Themes
1. Espernaza talks about his home becasue she was to show how people who live there are there alone sometimes without there family and if something happens to them their family doesnt even know.
Style
1. The keep repeating that he doesnt matter in the society.
2. They connect because they aren't where they belong.
Personal Response
1. There still are some people that are treated like Geraldo but its rare.
Colin Nichols Period 4
--Questions--
1. Marin met Geraldo at the dance.
2. When Marin met Geraldo he only told her his first name, then he died so she never saw him again.
3. Geraldo is killed in a hit and run. Marin says he might have been saved if the surgeons came, or if he didn't lose so much blood.
--Quotes--
4.
5. The significance is that the family and friends he left behind may never learn of his death, they will remember him but they will never know that he died.
--Themes--
6. The questions the police ask Marin are "What was she doing at the dance, who was she, and what was she doing out with someone like him at 3 AM?". They implyed he brought it on himself because he was nobody, just asking for it, just another guy that didn't speak english. Some lines that support Marin's belief are "And maybe if the surgeon would have come...".
7. She talks about his home because the people he left behind may never know that he died.
--Style--
8. The role repitition plays is to enforce the theme of social criticism. The things repeated reinforce the fact that Geraldo wasn't anyone important.
9. It connects the theme because when Esperanza talks about peoples home its generally a sadder tone, usually about lonely people who long to be back where they came from, with the people they love.
--Personal Response--
10. There are still people today that are treated the way Geraldo was treated, although I don't think much can be done about it, there will always be racism and racist people, racist people cause chaos, and chaos is a key element in human nature that will never be settled.
Questions
1. Marin met Geraldo at a dance.
2. Geraldo has no last name because Marin never found it out.
3. Geraldo dies in a hit and run accident which could have been avoided if maybe he looked both ways before crossing.
Quotes
Marin is upset over Geraldos death but no one sees why because she had just met him and he shouldn't have mattered that much to her accoring to the people of Mango street.
Geraldo was a foreigner and his family will probably never find out that he died or how because he didn't know anyone in his new surroundings.
Themes
The questions were "and what does it matter?" The police didn't seem to care because of where he came from.
"If only the surgeon had come, if only he hadn't have lost so much blood" imply that he could have been saved if people had been willing to help him.
Esperanza talks about Geraldos home as a sign of respect and proper mourning that no one else seemed to show.
Style
1. The repetition in this chapter represents the confusion that Esperanza feels when Geraldo was no cared for.
2. The hoplessness that flows throughout the novel is shown in this chapter when Esperanza talks about how Geraldo was not saved.
Personal Response
What happend to Geraldo still happens today but until true equality is enforced in society and people change I don't think anything will improve on the situation
Questions:
1.Marin meets Gerardo at a dance.
2.He does have a last name; he just didn't have an identification card on him or tell Marin his last name.
3.He died by a hit and run. The clues that let me believe that his death was not inevitable is they didn't have any phone number or know who to notify about his injury and if they can give him medical procedures.
Quotes:
1.Marin didn’t know why she stayed there with him for that long without even knowing him.
2.He wasn't from that country. His family will never know what happened to him and they will wonder and remember.
Themes:
1."His home was in another country.” "No address, no name. Nothing in his pockets. Ain't it a shame."
2."And maybe if the surgeon would've come, maybe if he hadn't lost so much blood, if the surgeon had only come..." This line shows that if there was a surgeon at the hospital he might of, just might of survived.
3.She takes about his home because she probably wonders how his family is going to feel not knowing where their father/husband/friend is.
Style:
1.It shows that Marin is a caring person and was worried about this man, even though she didn't really know him that well.
2.She feels that her home is far away.
Personal response:
1.Yes, people are still treated like this. I personally think it is very wrong. People should treat other people with all the respect. Like all parents try to teach their kids "Treat others how you want to be treated" I’m sure if you were put in the position, as Gerardo was you would defiantly want someone to be there for you and try to save you.
Questions
1. Esperaza had met him at a dance.
2. Geraldo was the only name they gave him.
3. He dies from a hit and run, how this can happen to any one.
Quotes
That she can only understand what was going on because she was the only one who knew.
That his name is all he has with him and he had left his country to come to a new one and start a life.
Themes
Question:
1He meet him at a dance
2because no one knows him
3.he died of a hit and run and it was just an accident.
Qutoes:
1She is really a very worryful person and she just cared wat happened to him
2because no one knew who he was and they worry about his family.
Themes:
1because he didnt know were he was going and the police didnt really care who he was.
2that instead of dancing he could of been saved in the hospital
3that it was far and that know one knows that he is here.
Style:
1THat geraldo had no last name and they didnt know who he was.
2The homes in mango street just struggling to survive.
Personal Response:
1that there are people like geraldo who come to this country to make money for their loved ones and they end up in a accident and nobody knows who their family is and they really dont know wat to do so u really cant do anything.
Questions
1. At a Dance
2. Because he had no idenification on him.
3. He died necause nobody came to try to save him; no cops, no ambulance, nobody.
Quotes
1. Marin did not know why Geraldo matered so much to her.
2. His family won't care about what happened to geraldo.
Themes
1. because he didn't die on contact he bled to dath.
2. because he was not from mango street, he was from a different country.
Style
1. Because the repetative chapters in the book help ideas sink in and let you understand them better.
2. His family will remember Geraldo and shrug, which means he will probably not be missed.
Personal Response
people are still being treated this way and it's mostly people who are considered "hooligans" "punks" or "thugs" and nothing cxan be done because people don't think they can be helped.
PERIOD 1
Questions
1) Marin met Geraldo at a dance club.
2) Geraldo was the only name that Marin was given.
3) Geraldo died of a hit and run accident. The clue was that it was just a big ol' accident.
Quotes
1) Maybe she thought it was somebody close to her in her past, or might be important in the near future.
2) The people he knew wont find out about Geraldo until later because they live too far to know.
Themes
1) The questions asked were: where was Geraldo from and what what his last name was. He might of though his life didn't mean much in this country.
2) Marin thought he could have been saved if Geraldo hadn't lost so much blood.
3) Esperanza talks about Geraldo's home he didn't live life so greatly.
Style
1) The fact that he has no last name was brought up alot in this chapter.
2) Geraldo may have not lived the best life just like other people on Mango Street but where he lived was his home, just like Esperanza.
Personal Response
In life, many people are still treated bad because they have rights that some people think they shouldn't. So in this case, they treat him kind of bad. I dont like it this way and it should change.
KMolter Per1
1.Marin met Geraldo at a dance.
2. The name geraldo was the only name that Marin was given.
3. Gerlado died of a hit and run accident. The clue was that it was an accident.
Quotes
1. Maybe she thought it was somebody close to her in her past or maybe important to her in her future.
2. The people he knew won't find out about Geraldo until llater because they live too far away.
Themes
1. The questions asked were where was Geraldo from and what his last name was. He might of thought his life didn't mean much in this country.
2. Marin thought he could of been saved if Geraldo hadn't lost so much blood.
3.Esperanza talks about Geraldos home he didn't live life so greatly.
Styles
1. The fact that Geraldo has no last name was brought up a lot in this chapter.
2_Geraldo may have not have lived the best life as other's on mango street. But where he lived was his home.
Personal Response
In life, many people still get treated bad because they have rights that some people think they shouldn't. So in this case they treat him kind of bad.
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