Mango Street-Chapters 34-40 ("Bums" to "Linoleum Roses")
Journal Guide for Chapter Thirty-Four
“Bums in the Attic”
Answer the following questions in complete sentences.
Questions
1. What is Esperanza’s father’s job?
2. Why doesn’t Esperanza go with her family on their Sunday outings?
3. What does Esperanza dream of?
4. What will she keep in her attic? Why?
5. What does the idea that she will have bums in her attic show about Esperanza? How do you think that people will react to this?
Journal Guide for Chapter Thirty-Five
“Beautiful & Cruel”
Questions
1. How does Esperanza describe herself?
2. Esperanza says she began “my own quiet war.” With what is she at war?
3. What does Esperanza decide about growing up?
4. What is the significance of the last paragraph of this chapter?
Journal Guide for Chapter Thirty-Six
“A Smart Cookie”
Questions
1. What does Esperanza/s mother say about her life?
2. What skills does Esperanza’s mother have? What does she lack?
3. Why did her mother quit school?
4. Does she still believe she was a “smart cookie?” why, or why not?
Journal Guide for Chapter Thirty-Seven
“What Sally Said”
Questions
1. What does Sally say about her father? Does anyone believe it?
2. What does her father fear?
3. Did the situation ever change?
4. How are the last two paragraphs ironic?
5. What lines let you know that boys are considered to be more powerful?
Journal Guide for Chapter Thirty-Eight
“The Monkey Garden”
Questions
1. How does the Monkey Garden change?
2. What does Sally do that makes Esperanza angry?
3. How did Esperanza try to help Sally? What happened when Esperanza tried to help her?
4. Why does Esperanza feel that the garden is no longer a good place to play?
5. Describe the garden in this chapter. To what other garden in literature could this garden be compared?
Journal Guide for Chapter Thirty-Nine
“Red Clowns”
Questions
1. What does Esperanza say that Sally lied about?
2. What happened to Esperanza at the Carnival?
3. How does the repetition in this chapter create the tone of panic and fear?
4. What illusions of Esperanza’s were shattered in this chapter? From where did she get these illusions?
Journal Guide for Chapter Forty
“Linoleum Roses”
Questions
1. Why did Sally say she got married? How old was she when she married?
2. Why does Esperanza believe that Sally got married?
3. How does her husband treat her?
4. Discuss the irony of Sally’s marriage.
5. How is her apartment like a prison? What elements of girlhood are present in this chapter? What is ironic about the girlhood dreams?
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bums in the attic
1. Her dad is a gardner. He works at houses on hills.
2.She doesnt go anymore because she is ashamed. She doesnt want to be staring out of a window like hungry people.
3. She dreams of one day owning her own house. And offering the attic to bums.
4. She will offer the bums her attic. She would do that becauseshe wont forget where she came from and knows what its like to be homeless.
5. It shows she does not want to forget where she came from.
beautiful and cruel
1. She describes herself as an ugly daughter and no one comes for.
2.She is at war with men in general.
3. She decides she does not want to grow up.
4. The significance is that it shows how esperanza is in the way that she is independant.
a smart cookie
1.Her mother says that Esperanzas hair wil settle and her blouse will learn to stay clean.
2.Her mothers skills arethat she can speak two languages, fix a tv, and sing an opera but she does not know what train to take to get down town. It says that her mother can be smart sometimes but others she is not.
3. He mother says she quit schol because she did not have nice clothes.
4. She believes she was a smart coockie then but not anymore.
what sally said
1. she said her father never hits her but no body believes her.
2. Her father is afraid of her running away or from telling anybody.
3. No the problem never changed.
4. It is ironic because he says he wont do it but he lied he did not stop.
5. She did not go to schol for days after talking to a boy.
the monkey garden
1. The monkey garden leaves it says the monkey left and took its people with hem.
2. Sally would not listen to esperanza.
3. Sally ignored her then got mad at her.
4.She thought it was unsafe because of what hapened to sally by tito's friends.
Red clowns
1. Sally lied about What would happen to esperanza and what actually happened. Esperanza got raped.
2. She got raped at the carnival.
3. IT says what happened and shows how scared espeanza is.
4. The illusions that the carnival is fun. She got them from sally.
linolium roses
1. She said she got married. I am guessing its what her dad makes her say because he does not want her talking to boys. Maybe it is tue.
2. She believes it because sally says she did and tells her about her husband.
3. She says her husband is ok except for sometimes when hey gets mad. She is afraid of going outside without his permission.
4. Its ironic because its not true even though she tells everyboby it is.
5. Her husband lets her go outside only with his permissin and does not treat her good.
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Bums in the attic
1.Esperanza's da is a gardener.
2.SHe's mad because she can't have a house like the one on the hill.
3. She dreams of owning her own house.
4. She will keep peoplethat don't have a home becausesheknows how it feels to be without a place to live.
5. That she cares about everyone. People will probably think she is crazy.
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"Bums"-"Linoleum Roses"
"bums"
1.Esperanza's father's works on rich peole's gardens.
2.Esperanza doesn't go with them on their Sunday outgoings because she is now ashamed of going to watch the rich houses and knowing he can't own a big house of her own.
3.Esperanza dreams of
4.Esperanza said that in the attic she would keep bumbs that had no place to stay.
5.This shows that Esperanza is a very caring person and she is willing to lend a hand to the less fortunate.
"Cruel and Beautiful"
1.Esperanza describes herself as an ugly daughter.
2.Esperanza is at war with herself and trying to make the boys want her without being cruel.
3.Esperanza decided not to grow up tame like the others who lay their necks on the threshold waiting for the ball and chain.
4.The significance for the last paragraph is that she will one day be attractive and all the boys will be after her and doing things for her.
"A Smart Cookie"
1.Esperanza said that her mother could have been many things if she had wanted to.
2.She has the ability to speak two languages, sing the opera and knows how to fix a T.V. but she lacks on not knowing how to ride the subway.
3.Her mother quit school because she had no nice clothes.
4.Esperanza still believes her mother is a "smart cookie" since she has never given up and always done her best to learn what she now knows.
"What Salli Said"
1.Sally says her father never hits her but the people don't believe her because a girl so beautiful like her cant be falling off stairs so often.
2.Sally's father fears her running off with a boy just like her sister did.
3.The situation changes because at the end of the chapter Sally is accusing him of hitting her when she said he never touched her before.
4.The ironic thing about the last two paragraphs is that her father seems he is ashamed of hitting her but after Sally returns home he hits her again.
"Red Clowns"
1.Esperanza says that Sally lied about couming back for her and she never did.
2.While waititng for Sally a man just came up to her and started kissing her and touching her.
3.The repetition in this chapter makes a scense of fear and panic because her repeating what she saw and did paints a picture of the place where she was.
4.Esperanza's illusions of her being friends with the most beautiful girl in school were shattered.
"Linoleum Roses"
1.Esperanza believes Sally got married to escape from her father. Sally was in eigth grade when she got married.
2.Esperanza belives Sally got married to escape.
3.Sally's husband treats her well because he gives her money.
4.Sally was too young to get married and she probably didn't know what she was doing.
Questions:
1.Esperanza's father is a gardener.
2.She is ashamed.
3.She dreams she has a house on the hill.
4.She will keep bums in her attic because she understands what its like to be without a house.
5.It shows that Esperanza is open to other people I think people might react badly to this because most people think bums are bad people.
Questions:
1.She says she is the ugly daughter the one no one comes for.
2.Esperanza is at war with herself.
3.Esperanza says growing up is something she doesn't want to do.
4.She is describing how she’s more like a man than a woman.
Questions:
1.Esperanza's mother says her life could have been something different.
2.She can sing opera and speak two languages but she doesn't know which train to take to get down town.
3.Esperanzas mother quit school because she didn’t have nice clothes.
4.I don’t think she still thinks she is a smart cookie, because she says then
After she said she was a smart cookie.
Questions:
1.Sally says her father never hits her hard. No one believes her.
2.Her father fears Sally will run away.
3.Sallys father doesn’t want her to leave like his sister did but then he hits her for little things and says she’s not his daughter anyways.
4.It kind of proves boys are more powerful because no matter how hard her dad beats her she will still go home with him.
Questions:
1.The monkey garden changes when everything dies.
2.Sally lets boys kiss her.
3.Esperanza runs and tells the boys’ mom and the only thing she says is “what do
You want me to do about it?”
4.Esperanza doesn’t like to play in the monkey garden anymore because the boys made her feel crazy and ashamed.
5.This garden is like the secret garden, it’s the kids’ place to run and hide and play without adults or anyone knowing.
Questions:
1.She left Esperanza at the carnival when she said she would come back.
2.Esperanza gets raped at the fair.
3.It makes it sound like Esperanza is a little girl scared and stuttering.
4.She thought that having someone tell you they love you would be different and nicer because the way it happens in movies and books.
Questions:
1. Sally says she got married because she is in love. Sally wasn’t even in 8th grade when she got married.
2. Esperanza thinks Sally got married so she could escape Mango Street.
3.Her husband controls sally’s life.
4.She got married so she could escape and be free but her husband locks her up and makes her follow his rules.
5.Sally’s apartment is like a prison because she’s not allowed to leave. Sally has always wanted a house like this and now she finally has it. She has everything she’s ever wanted but now she can’t do things she’s never thought about not being able to do,
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Bums in the Attic
1. Esperanza's father is a gardener.
2. She is ashamed of how they look at what they cannot have, at how they loot like the hungry looking through windows.
3. Esperanza dreams of having her own house on the hills.
4. She says she will keep bums in her attic so she won't forget where she came from.
5. It shows that she is a caring person. People will react strangly at first, because she keeps bums in her attic, but they will realize she is a good person for giving the less fortunate a place to stay.
Beautiful and Cruel
1. She says she is the ugly daughter , one no one comes for.
2. She is at war with the idea of what woman are supposed to be, she says she wants to be like the woman in the movie who drives men crazy.
3. She decides she won't grow up tame like the rest, that she will be who she pleases, and act how she pleases.
A Smart Cookie
1.She says she could have been somebody.
2. She can sing, she can fix a TV, she can speak two languages. However she can't take the right subway train.
3. She quit school because she was ashamed, because she didn't have nice clothes, she had brains, but no clothes.
4. She believes she was a smart cookie then because she had brains, but she made a bad decision and quit school, so she doesn't think that of herself now.
What Sally Said
1. She says to her mom, "He never hits me hard", but to the people at school she says she fell. No, no one believes her because a girl with the injuries to her face like she has can't just be falling off her stairs.
2. Her father fears that Sally will run away like his sisters that shamed his family.
3. Yes it changed one night when Sally stayed at Esperanza's house, her father came crying promising it was the last time and they went home.
4.
5. "But Sally doesn't tell about that time he hit her with his hands like a dog." This line gives the impression that her father believes she is lower than him, that he is stronger.
Monkey Garden
1. The monkey garden changed because the monkey doesn't live there anymore.
2. Sally wouldn't come with Esperanza and she stayed with the boys she was talking to.
3. First Esperanza tried to get Tito's mother to stop them, then she grabbed some sticks and a brick and ran to where Sally was, but the boys told her to go away. That made her feel embarrased and ashamed.
4. She didn't think it was a good place to play anymore because she had changed and so had the garden.
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Bums in the Attic"
Questions:
1.Her father is a gardener.
2.She doesn’t go with her family because she is jealous that one of the rich houses they see isn’t hers.
3.She dreams of one day owning her own house.
4.In her attic she will keep bums because she knows how it feels to not have a house.
5.The bums in the attic show Esperanza as a nice caring person that doesn’t care about what people say. People might think she is kind of weird having bums in her attic.
"Beautiful & Cruel"
Questions:
1.She describes herself as the ugly daughter in which no one comes to see.
2.She is at war with herself trying to become prettier for the guys.
3.She decides she doesn’t want to grow up yet.
"A Smart Cookie"
Questions:
1.Her mom says that she could have been somebody better than she is now.
2.Esperanza's mother can speak two languages and sing opera, but she doesn’t know what subway train to take to go down town.
3.Her mother quits school because she didn’t have nice clothes for school.
4.No, she doesn’t think she is any more. She feels like she lost her brain not going to school.
"What Sally Said"
Questions:
1.Nobody believes her when she says her father doesn’t beat her.
2.Her father fears of her telling someone of what he does.
3.No he never changed.
4.It was ironic because her father said he wouldn’t do it any more, but he lied to her and continually did it.
"The Monkey Garden"
Questions:
1.The monkey moved and took everyone with him.
2.Sally would not listen to Esperanza.
3.Sally ignored what Esperanza had said then got mad at her.
"Red Clowns"
Questions:
1.She said Sally lied about what really happened to Esperanza.
2.At the carnival Esperanza got raped.
3.It creates a sense that Esperanza is blaming Sally for what has happened to her.
4.Sally gave her the illusions that the carnival was fun, but it was the exact opposite.
“Linoleum Roses”
Questions:
1.Sally was in eighth grade when she got married. Esperanza thinks she got married to escape from her father.
2.Sally explains how her husband was to make Esperanza believe she got married.
3.She says her husband is ok accept she is scared to go out side without his permission.
m.vilchis per 4
1.Ezperanzas dad is a gradener he works at the houses on the hills.
2. Esperanza doesn't go anymore becuaseshe is ashamed and is getting tired of looking at what they dont have.
3.Esperanza dreams of owning her own house and offers the attic to the bums.
4.She will keep bums in the attic becasue she knows how it feels to be without a house.
5.It shows that she doesnt want to leave bums in the streets because she knows it is really bad.
Beautiful and Cruel
1.Esperanza describes herself as an ugly daughter the one nobody comes for.
2.she means that she is at war with herself and wants boys to want her.
Questions
1. Esperanza’s father is a gardener.
2. Esperanza is embarassed to be seen with her family because of the way they stare.
3. Esperanza dreams of having her own house where she can invite bums into stay.
4. Esperanza will keep bums in her attic so that when she has guests and they hear something going on upstairs she can tell them about the bums.
5. That she will have bums in her attic shows that she cares about less fortunate people and people will probably think she is crazy for letting strangers into her house.
Journal Guide for Chapter Thirty-Five
“Beautiful & Cruel”
Questions
1. Esperanza describes herself as ugly.
2. Esperanza is at war with the opression of women.
3. Esperanza decides that she will not fit some mold of women and that she will be different.
4. The significance of the last paragraph is that Esperanza understands how women are perceived and how she wants to rebel against that.
Journal Guide for Chapter Thirty-Six
“A Smart Cookie”
Questions
1. Esperanza’s mother says that worrying about looks and what other people think kept her from leading a better life.
2. Esperanza’s mother can speak two languages, sing an opera, and fix a television, but she doesn’t know which subway will take you where.
3. Esperanza’s mother quite school because she did not have nice clothes.
4. Esperanza’s mother does not think she is a “smart cookie” anymore because of the choices she made.
Journal Guide for Chapter Thirty-Seven
“What Sally Said”
Questions
1. Sally says that her father never hits her hard, but no one believes her because you can see bruises on her.
2.Sally’s father fears that Sally will run away like his sisters did.
3. The situation never changed.
4. The last two paragraphs are ironic because in the first promises change and hope and the second relapses into the same cycle.
5. “…that time he hit her with his hands just like a dog, she said…”
Journal Guide for Chapter Thirty-Eight
“The Monkey Garden”
Questions
1. The Monkey Garden changes with the overgrowth of the plants and broken down cars.
2. Sally gives in to the boys and that makes Esperanza angry.
3. Esperanza tried to help Sally by telling the boys to get lost, but Sally scolds her for trying to help.
4. Esperanza doesn’t think the garden is a good place to play anymore because of what Sally has done there and how she has felt there now.
Journal Guide for Chapter Thirty-Nine
“Red Clowns”
Questions
1. Esperanza says that Sally lied about how it felt being kissed for the first time.
2. Esperanza was kissed when she didn’t want to be.
3. The choice of words and the situation are easily seen as panicked.
4. From where did she get these illusions? Esperanza’s illusion of love and intimacy were shattered and she got those illusions from daydreaming.
Journal Guide for Chapter Forty
“Linoleum Roses”
Questions
1.Sally got married because she was in love and was only old enough to be in the eigth grade.
2. Esperanza believes that Sally got married to escape her home.
3. Sally’s husband treats her alright except that he won’t let her go out or talk on the phone.
4. Sallys marriage is the complete opposite of what Esperanza wants for herself.
5. Sally’s apartment is like a prison because she isn’t allowed out of it. The girlhood of this chapter is how Sally is happy with her things but things don’t make you happy.
J Calderon P.1
Bums in the attic
1. Esperanazas father's job is landscaping.
2. She doesn't go out with ehr family because she doesn't want to see things she can't have.
3. Espernazas dreams of having her own house and keeping bums in the attic.
4. She will keep bums because she knows how it is to be without a house.
5. It shows that she cares about others and she wants to help them out.
Beautiful and Cruel
1. She describes herself as ugly and the one who nobody comes for.
2. She decided not to "grow up tame and like the others wholay their necks on the threshold waiting for the ball and chain,"
3. That she isnt going to be tamed.
4. The significance of the last paragraph was that she shows that she isnt going to let the old customs of the town get to her.
Smart Cookie
1. Espernaza's mom says she could have been someone in life.
2. Her mother can speak two languages, she can sing an opera, she knwo how to fix a T.V.,and she used to draw, but she doesn't know which subway train to take
downtown.
3. Her mother quit school because she didn't have nice clothes.
4. She doesn't think she is still a smart cookie becasue she realizes that her reason for quitting school was dumb.
What sally Said
1. Sally says that she fella nd she got those bruises on her face but nobody beleives that she fell.
2. Her father fears that she will runaway just like her sister.
3. The situation changed for a little while then it went back to being how it was.
4. What is ironic is that her dad hadn't hit her for a long time and when he saw her with a boy he hit her and said she wasn't his daughter.
5. "Just becasue i am a daughter and then she doesn't say", this shows that men have more power than women.
Monkey Garden
1. The monkey garden changed because the monkey is gone and people areputting old cars there now.
2. Sally makes esperanza mad when she does what the boys tell her to do.
3. She tried to help sally by running to tell the boy'smom and the mom just laughs at esperanza.
4. The garden is now not a garden it used to have pretty things in spring but since the monkey left its just a lot with old cars on it.
Red Clowns
1. She says she lied about what he did and where he touched her.
2. At the carnival esperanza was raped.
3. Repetition creates a tone of panic and fear because it shows that she is in shock and confused about everything that happened to her that night.
4. It broke her illusion of love and she had gotten her illusion from movies and storybooks.
Linoleum Roses
1. Sally said she got married because she was in love and she got married before she was in the 8th grade.
2. Esperanzas beleives that sally got married to escape.
3. sally's husband doesn't let her out and doesn't allow people to visit her.
4. What is ironic about sally's marriage is that sally was said to be the rebel and the one who wouldn't fall into the customs of the women of Mango st.
5. Sally's apartment is like a prison because she doesn't get to go outside and the elements of girlhood present are that she onlylieks the fact she can buy things with the money he gives her and so she lets her husband controll her.
DannyR.
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Questions1.)
Her Dad is a gardener.
2.)She is ashamed with the stuff she can't afford.
3.)She will have a house of her own and won't forget where she came from.
4.)She will keep bums in her attic.
5.)She knows what it is like to live in poverty.They will think she is crazy.
G,Ney
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Beautiful and Cruel
1. She thinks she is ugly and that no man will ever rescue her.
2. She is against men.
3. She decides not to be like the other women on mango street.
4. It shows that Esperanza wants to maker it on her own.
PERIOD 1
"Bums in the Attic"
Questions
1) Esperanza's father works as a gardener. He works at the houses on the hill.
2) She doesn't join her family on Sunday outings because she is getting much older to realize that her dream of having a house won't ever come true. She's tired of wanting something she can't have.
3) Esperanza dreams of a house of her own where she can invite bums in the house.
4) She will keep bums in her attic so they have somewhere to live.
5) This shows that she will be a caring person and know where she came from. People will look at her like shes crazy or something.
"Beautiful and Cruel"
Questions
1) Esperanza describes herself as an ugly daughter that nobody comes for.
2) She is at war with herself and growing older.
4) The significance would be that Esperanza is growing up and is learning how to be more independant and learns more about life.
"A Smart Cookie"
Questions
1) Esperanza's mother says her life will settle and her blouse will learn to stay clean.
2) The skills her mother had were singing opera, speaking two languages, drawing and how to fix a t.v. Although, she didn't know how to take the subway.
3) Esperanza's mother quit school because she didn't have nice clothes.
4) Yes, she believes she was a smart cookie because she said she was a "smart cookie then".
"What Sally Said"
Questions
1) Sally says that her fahter never hits her, but nobody believes this.
2) Her father fears that she is going to leave like the rest of the gals in the family did.
3) No, the situation was like the energizer bunny, it just kept going.
4) It is ironic because he says he wont do it but he lied he did not stop.
5) Boys are considered to be more powerful after she talked to the boy at school.
"The Monkey garden"
Questions
1) The Monkey Garden changes when the monkey leaves. Also, when Sally starts to get older.
2) Sally starts to ignore Esperanza.
3) She tries to help sally when the boys try to kiss her for the key. Nobody cared though.
4) Esperanza feels that the garden is no longer a good place to stay because she doesn't want to get involved with the boys.
5) This garden is full of mystery. It's like two girls trying to find a new life. I compare this to the Secret Garden.
“Red Clowns”
Questions
1) Sally lied to Esperanza about the boys, the storybooks and movies.
2) Esperanza got raped at the carnival by the boys.
3) The repetition makes you more panicked because it shows that Esperanza is shocked by what happend and can't think of anything else but what just happend to her.
4) Esperanza's illusions were the red clowns and the tilt-a-whirl. She was at the carnival.
“Linoleum Roses”
Questions
1) Sally got married because she wanted to leave from her old life. She was as old as the 8th grade.
2) Esperanza believes that sally got married to leave Mango Street and the own the things that she has now.
3) Sally's husband treats her like she doesn't have a life. She can never see her friends or do anything without permission.
4) Sally was too young to get married. she just wanted it to feel like a woman.
5) Sally cannot do anything without having permission from her husband. The girlhood dreams would be owning your own house with all your own possessions.
Bums in the Attic
period 1
SVielma
questions
1. Esperanza's father is a gardener.
2. She doesn't go to the Sunday outings anymore because she is ashamed and is tired of looking at what they can't have.
3. Esperanza dreams to one day have a house where she can offer the attic to the bums.
4. She will keep bums in her attic because she knows what it's like to be without a house.
5. It shows that she cares and that she won't forget where she came from.
Beautiful and cruel
1. Esperanza describes herself as an ugly daughter.
2. She is at war with men.
3. She decided not to grow up tame like the others and wait for a man.
4. The significance is that it shows how Esperanza doesn't need a man and can be on her own.
A smart cookie
1. Esperanza's mother says that she could have been somebody.
2. Esperanza's mother can speak two languages, sing opera, fix a t.v but she doesn't know which subway takes her downtown.
3. Her mother quit school because she didn't have nice clothes.
4. She said that she was a smart cookie then but she doesn't seem to think so anymore.
What Sally said
1. Sally says that her father never hits her hard but no one believes her.
2. Sally's father fears that she will run away like his sisters.
3. The situation never changed.
4. It is ironic because her father says to be ashamed of hitting her but as soon as she goes home he hits her again.
5. Her father caught her talking to a boy then he beat her so she couldn't go to school.
The monkey garden
1. What changes is that the monkey leaves with all his people.
2. Sally doesn't listen to her and she kisses some boys so that they will give her keys back.
3. She went to tell Tito's mom what was happening and she didn't seem to care.
4. She doesn't think is good place to play because she doesn't feel safe anymore she feels stupid and ashamed.
5. The garden is described to have sunflowers big as flowers on mars and thick cockscombs bleeding the deep fringe of theatre curtains. It had bees and bow-tied fruit flies, peach trees, thorn roses, pears, big green apples.
Red clowns
1. Esperanza says Sally lied about coming back for her.
2. While she waited for Sally she was raped by a man at the carnival.
3. The repetition creates a sense of fear and panic because it shows what an impact this had on Esperanza.
4. Esperanza's illusions of how this was suppose to happen were shattered. She got them from storybooks, movies, books, and magazines.
Linoleum Roses
1. She got married to young and not ready. She got married before the eighth grade.
2. Esperanza believes she got married because she wanted to escape.
3. He treats her well at times but sometimes he gets angry. He also doesn't let her out and doesn't let her talk to anyone.
4. She did it to escape her father and now she can't do anything because she has to stay inside all the time.
5. It's like a prison because she isn't allowed out unless he gives her permission. She is young and he took away all her rights and she can't enjoy her life.
Roy Ortiz
Bums in the attic
Questions:
1.Her father is a gardener.
2.She dosen't want to look at something she can't have.
3.She will have a house and let the bums stay.
4.Bums because she won't forget what it was like.
5.She is very generious and knows were she came from.
Beautiful and cruel
1.She said she is an ugly daughter.
2.She won't be pushed a round she'll have her own rules.
3.She won't grow up tamed like the other girls.
4.She'll be the man of the house.
A smart cookie
1.She could have been somebody.
2.She knows two languages but lacks which train to take.
3.She didn't have nice clothes.
4.No because she knows that she should have been in school.
What Sally said
1.he never hits her. no.
2.She will run away.
3.No it never did.
4.he was going to hit her with the belt but than he cried.
5.She dosen't tell anybody about her father.
The Monkey garden
1.The monkey dosen't live there anymore.
2.They get separated.
3.Ssally ignores her.
4. It is because of tito's friends.
5.The garden if eden.
Red Clowns
1.She will go to the red clowns and meet her.
2.She got raped.
3.She dosen't have a clear head.
4.The books were wrong.
Linoleum roses
1.She wanted to feel happy. She was 13.
2.She wanted to escape the streets.
3.He dosen't let her leave the house.
4.She life was better in mango street.
5.She can't leave the house.
“Bums in the Attic”
Questions
1. He is a gardener.
2. She does not like to see what they can never have.
3. That she will have a big house and if a bum came and asked her to
come in she would let them come in and live in the attic.
4. She would keep them in the attic because she knows how it feels not
to have a home.
5. That she is a humble girl. The people would think that it is weird.
“Beautiful & Cruel”
Questions
1. She describes her self like a
little girl. That she is not good looking.
2. With the woman in her street that they get marry to runaway from
Mango Street. They give away their only power.
3. That she would be beautiful and make the boy follow her and she will deny them.
4. That she is already changing to the way she wants to be.
“A Smart Cookie”
Questions
1. That she could have been something. She could of sing opera.
2. She has a good singing voice. She lack of education.
3. She did not have nice cloths or any
cloths.
4. She said that she had brain. So she does believe she is a smart
cookie.
“What Sally Said”
Questions
1. That he does not hit her. They don’t believe that sally’s father does not hit
her.
2. That sally would turn like her sisters.
3. No the situation never changes.
4. That sally’s father started
to hit her and told her that he is not her father.
5. That they persuade the girls to come back with them.
“The Monkey Garden”
Questions
1. The monkey goes away.
2. She gets Esperanza mad because she is playing around with boys.
3. Esperanza went to tell Sally’s mom that the boys took Sally’s keys
away. Sally’s mom said that she can not do anything because they are
just playing around
4. The garden can hide things
5. The garden can be described to the Adam and eve garden.
“Red Clowns”
Questions
1. That how sex was going to be.
2. Esperanza gets rape.
3. That Esperanza is afraid and mad.
4. She read in books and saw it on the movies that the girls get in
love and then get marry.
“Linoleum Roses”
Questions
1. She got marry because she wanted to go away from Mango Street. She
was in 8th grade when she got marry.
2. She wanted to get away from Mango Street
3. Her husband sometimes hit her when he is drunk and does not let her have friend.
4. She is in the same situation as Rafaela.
5. Sally cannot go out. She wanted to have a better life.
J Limon
Per.
1.Her father is a gander.
2.She doesn’t go any more because she is ashamed and also look like she is staring out the window like the hungry.
3.She dreams to have her own house and bums could stay in the attic.
4.She would ask the bums to stay in the attic because she knows how it feels not having a home.
5.This will show even though she got a nice big house she hasn’t forgotten who she is and where she came from.
Beautiful and Crule
1.She describes herself as an ugly daughter.
2.She is at war with men in general.
3.She doesn’t want to grow up.
4.In the last paragraph it’s about how all the boys are going to be after her and do whatever she wants.
KMolter Per1
1.Esperanza's father's works on rich peole's gardens.
2.Esperanza doesn't go with them on their Sunday outgoings because she is now sad knowing now that thoe rich houses aren't going to ever be hers.
3.Esperanza dreams of gettin out of Mango Street.Also owning her own house an offering the attic to the bums.
4.Esperanza said that in the attic she would keep bums that had no place to stay.
5.This shows that Esperanza is a very caring person and she is willing to lend a hand to the less fortunate. People may take this as a bad way of looking at her.
Questions
1.Esperanza describes herself as an ugly daughter.
2.Esperanza is at war with herself and trying to make the boys want her without being cruel.
3.Esperanza decided not to grow up tame like the others who lay their necks on the threshold waiting for the ball and chain.
4.The significance for the last paragraph is that she will one day be attractive and all the boys will be after her and doing things for her.
Questions
1.Esperanza said that her mother could have been many things if she had wanted to.
2.Esperanza's mother has the ability to speak two languages, sing the opera and knows how to fix a T.V. but she lacks on not knowing how to ride the subway.
3.Esperanza's mother quit school because she had no nice clothes.
4.Esperanza still believes her mother is a "smart cookie".
Questions
1.Sally says her father never hits her but the people don't believe her because a girl so beautiful like her cant be falling off stairs so often.
2.Sally's father fears her running off with a boy just like her sister did.Because she is so beautiful.
3.The situation changes because at the end of the chapter Sally is accusing him of hitting her when she said he never touched her before.
4.The last two paragraphs are ironic because her father seems to be ashamed of hitting her but after Sally returns home he hits her again.
Questions
1.Esperanza says that Sally lied about coming back for her and she never did.
2.While Esperanza was waititng for Sally a man just came up to her and started kissing her and touching her.
3.The repetition in this chapter makes a sense of fear and panic.
4.Esperanza's illusions of her being friends with the most beautiful girl in school were shattered.
Question
1.Esperanza believes Sally got married to escape from her father. Sally was in eigth grade when she got married.
2.Esperanza belives Sally got married to escape.
3.Sally's husband treats her well because he gives her money.
4.Sally was too young to get married and she probably didn't know what she was doing.
5.The apartment is like prison because she never can come out she is tied down now. The elements of girlhood to me is showing how girls try to grow up to fast an then get into something that they hate and don't want.They get there wish of leaving and getting someone but then there dreams are shattered because they end up having way less of freedom.
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Bums in the Attic
1. Esperanza's fathers job was a gardener.
2. Esperanza doesn't want to go on the family outings because she is tired of seeing what she can't have.
3. Esperanza dreamed of the time when she will have her own home.
4. Esperanza would keep bums in her attic. When people find out about her idea of keeping the homeless in her attic, they would probably think she was crazy.
Beatiful and cruel
1. Esperana described herself as the ugly daughter no one cares for.
3.Esperanza decided that a life sitting around and being controled wasn't for her.
A smart cookie
1. Esperanza's mother said she could have been someone, a actor, a writer, a artist.
2. Esperanza's mother was smart. she just didn't know how to use her knowledge to her advantage.
3. Her mother quit school because she didn't have any decent clothes to wear.
4. Esperanza's mother feels she is no longer as smart as she was.
What Sally Said
1. Sally said her ather never hits her hard, but no one beleives her because she couldn't possibly be falling all the time.
Chapter: Bums In The Attic
1)Esperanzas Father is a Gardener.
2)Esperanza feels like she shouldn't look at something she can't have.
3)Esperanze dreams of having her own dream home with bums in her attic.
4)Esperanza will keep bums in her attic because she knows what it is like to have no home.
5)Esperanza is a good person who is giving and isnt blind to suffering .
Beautiful & Cruel
1)Esperanza describes her self as and ugly daughter.
2)Esperanza is at war with her self by trying to be indepedent and not fit the mold of the women on mango street.
3)She Deides that she will be indepent and not marry.
4)The signifiane is to break free of the mold that bounds these women to mango street and esperanza.
Smart Cookie
1)Esperanza mother says that she was once smart and allert.
2)Esperansa moyther can sing and draw what she lacks is independance.
3)Esperanzas mother qiut school for a job to get better clothes.
4)Esperanzas mother belevied she was because of what she had done in her prime.
What Sally Said
1)No body believes sally because she says she falls and that her father dosent hit her hard.
2)Her father fears she will run away.
3)The situation never changes.
4)Becuase he ends up hitting her in the end.
5)The lines 4-5 .
The Monkey Garden
1)Oncethe monkey leaves the garden becomes a dump.
2)Esperanza becomes mad at sally because sally ditches her.
3)Esperanza tries to help sally by thowing rock . But her help is thoughly rejeted.
4) The monket garden is no longer a good place to play because it became a dump .
5)Anthore garden like this is the secrect garden.
Red Clowns
1)Sally lied about how love and romance is.
2)Esperance was ditche then It sounds like she was molested or sonething along the lines of that .
3) It Creates a wanting to get out to escape.
4)the illusions that sally gave her were shatted becuase of what happened.
"Bums in the Attic"
1. Her father's job is as a gardener.
2. Because she does not want to appear like the hungry, gazing at things they cannot have.
3. She dreams of owning her own house.
4. Bums, because she knows how it is to be without a house.
5. She is commasionate towards the less fortunate. Some people might thing it would be strange or weired.
"Beautiful and Cruel"
1. She beleives that she is a ugly daughter, she is the one nobody comes for her.
2. She will not be like her sister or others on Mango street, waiting to be taken by a man.
3. She has decided not to grow up tame like the others on Mango Street.
4. She will begin to act less womanly to be less attractive to suitors.
"A Smart Cookie"
1. Her mother says that she coujld of been somebody.
2. She can speak two languages, sing opera, repair the television.
3. Her mother quit school because she did not have nice clothes.
4. No, her mother beleives it was stupid for her to leave her education because of her apperance.
"What Sally Said"
1. She says that he never hits mew hard.
2. Her father fears that she is just going to run away like his sisters who made the family ashamed.
3. No, the situation never did change
4. After all the beatings he just simple forgets that he's a father and Sally is his daughter.
5. I beleive that the entire chapter give the impression that men are the dominate ones.
"The Monkey Garden"
1. The "monkey" dosen't live there anymore.
2. When Sally has to kiss each one of them to get her keys back.
3. Esperanza tried to get the boys to give her her keys back by throwing sticks and bricks, however when she reached them they simply told her to go away.
4. She beleives it is not a good place to play anymore because it makes her sad to think about Sally.
5. "Adam and Eve"
"Red Clowns"
1. Sally lied about how it would be her first time.
2. Esperanza gets raped.
3. It shows how the her mind kept repeating the chaos happeneing at that momment and how she races to find a way out of it.
4. Her view on the world
"Linoleum Roses"
1. Sally said she got married because she liked being married.
2. To escape
3. He treats her like a object rather than a person.
4. She was greatly excited to get married, now it is jther broken
just another broken dream.
5. She is not allowed to have friends over, and she is not allowed to leave the house either.
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