The house on mango street summary chapters

CHAPTER SUMMARIES Michelle Sasson Entebi 10b

THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET

She describes where she and her family lives and that they are constantly moving they are a family of six, mom ,dad ,Carlos, Kiki and Nenny. His new house on Mango street is the first the family has owned.

!   HAIRS

!   She describes the hair of each of her family members the family is very close and Esperanza feels close to each of them, especially with her mother. She remembers being in bed with her mom and she felt safe and she smelled her skin and hair.

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!   BOYS AND GIRLS

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!   Esperanza describes the boys and girls like living on separated worlds her brothers do not want to be seen talking to their sisters outside the house. Her brothers are best friends but she thinks her sister Nenny is too little to be her best friend .

!   MY NAME

!   Esperanza means hope but she hates her name. She feels it means sadness she explains that it was her grandmother’s name a Chinese woman. Esperanza’s grandmother did not get married until his grandfather forced her to marry him.

!   CATHY QUEEN OF CATS

!   Cathy is Esperanza’s neighbor. She tells Esperanza who is dangerous in the neighborhood for example Joe the baby grabber and teaches her how to act around the men who own .

!   OUR GOOD DAY

!   Lucy and Rachel are the sisters Cathy told Esperanza and they asked Esperanza to give them five dollars so that they can buy a bicycle for the three of them and they will be friends so Esperanza accepted and took 2 from Nenny.

!   LAUGHTER

!   Esperanza describes how similar she is to her sister Nenny. They can’t explain how, and no one but the two sisters understand it.

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GIRLS FURNITURE BOUGHT AND SOLD Esperanza describes a junk store in her neighborhood that she and Nenny visit sometimes. One day the owner shows them a music box and Nenny want to buy it.

!   MEME ORTIZ

!   Meme Ortizlives with his mother in the house Cathy lived before she moved .Meme has a dog.

!   LOUIE, HIS COUSIN AND HIS OTHER COUSIN

!   Louie has a girl cousin named Marin, Louie’s other cousin showed up one day with a car and told everybody to get in. They got in and they heard sirens he drove away quickly and crashed, and the police took him away.

!   MARIN

!   Marin is saving money to see her secret boyfriend she wants a job to by to buy expensive clothes and meet a rich man who will want to marry her.

!   THOSE WHO DON’T

!   Esperanza accepts that when she and her friends go to other neighborhoods, they are afraid themselves.

!   There Was an Old Woman She Had So Many Children She Didn’t Know What to Do

!   The husband of Rosa Vargas’s left her and she has many kids.The children get into trouble so often that people give up trying to take care of them even when they get hurt.

!   ALICIA WHO SEES MICE

!   Alicia is Esperanza’s friend. Her mother died and she has had to take her place as her father’s made. She sees mice all the time even though his father says they are not there, she is afraid.

!   DARIUS AND THE CLOUDS

!   Darius pointed up to the sky and said that one of the pillowy clouds was God. He always says foolish things but this was wise.

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!   AND SOME MORE

!   Lucy, Rachel, Nenny and Esperanza talk about names. They talk about what each cloud looks like .Rachel and Lucy teased Esperanza about her face, and they begin insulting each other.

!   THE FAMILY OF LITTLE FEET

!   In this chapter they describe the feet of the family members

!   A man tells Rachel he will give her a dollar if she kisses him. She seems to considers it.

!   A RICE SANDWICH

!   Esperanza asks her mother to write her a note and make her a sandwich Mrs. Cordero refuses accepts and makes Esperanza a rice sandwich. They did not let her so starts to cry, and the nun lets her stay at school just for that day.

!   CHANCLAS

!   Esperanza`s mother has forgotten to buy her shoesso when she is in the party she hides. Her uncle tells her how beautiful she is and dance with him. Her mother is proud of her.

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!   HIPS

!   Rachel, Lucy, Nenny and Esperanza jump rope, Alicia explains that hips makes space for babies. Rachel rhymes as she jumps and Esperanza tries to explain the game.

!   THE FIRST JOB

!   Esperanza gets a job to help pay for her Catholic high school .One day her Aunt Lala tells her she’s found her a job at Peter Pan Photo one day an old man comes in and begins his shift kisses her.

!   Papa Who Wakes Up Tired in the Dark

!   Esperanza’s father comes into her room early one morning and tells her that his father is dead. she wonders what she would do if he died.

!   BORN BAD

!   Esperanza remembers going to her aunts house and reading to her She describes her aunts house with a smell of sickness Esperanza wonders how exactly her aunt got so sick.

!   Elenita, Cards, Palm, Water

!   Esperanza visits Elenita, to get her fortune told. She wants a new real house she didn’t understand so she gives Elenita five dollars and leaves.

!   Geraldo No Last Name Marin meets Geraldo, and he gets hit by a car that night all she can say is that his name is Geraldo and he works in a restaurant. They took him to the hospital.

Edna’s Ruthie !   Ruthie is the adult daughter of Edna, who owns a building. Ruthie

don’t like Edna. She says that she is married and that her husband will come and take her home.

I have a husband

The Earl of Tennessee !   Earl lives in Esperanza’s neighborhood he works and nights and complains

when children are too loud. He takes different woman at night to his house

Sire !   Sire is an older boy who stares at Esperanza when she walks by his

house. She tries to stare back, to show him she isn’t afraid.

Four Skinny Trees

!   Esperanza feels close to the four trees that are planted outside her window.

No Speak English

! Mamacita is from Mexico and came to Mango Street. She never leaves her apartment, and refuses to learn English.

Rafaela Who Drinks Coconut and Papaya Juice on Tuesdays

!   Rafaela is married to a man who keeps her locked up when he goes out

because she is beautiful. She dreams of dancing, and asks Esperanza and her friends to buy her a coconut juice.

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Sally !   Sally is a beautiful girl and has no girl friends, since she got into a fight

with her best friend Cheryl. She acts like a grown up.

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Minerva Writes Poems

!   Minerva is only a little bit older than Esperanza, but she has two children, who she is raising alone since her husband left.She and Esperanza often read their poems and are friends

Bums in the Attic

!   Esperanza wants to get her own house, and be welcoming to less fortunate people. She says she will happily invite bums to live in her attic.

Beautiful and Cruel !   Esperanza wants to be “beautiful and cruel,” using her sexuality to

control men, like a woman from the movies.

A Smart Cookie !   Esperanza’s mother tells her to stay in school, so that she can be

independent. Her mother tells her that she left school young she tries that Esperanza don’t do the same mistake.

What Sally Said !   Sally's father beats her because she talks to boys. Sally decides to live

with Esperanza but her father comes to the house and ask for forgiveness, and she goes home with him again but he beats her again.

The Monkey Garden !   . The boys took Sally’s keys and they teold her she must kiss them to

get them back.This makes Esperanza uncomfortable, and she tries to stop it and they make her feel uncomfortable.

Red clowns

!   Sally takes Esperanza to a carnival, then leaves with a boy, and asked Esperanza to wait for her. Sally never comes back.

Linoleum Roses

!   Sally gets married her husband will not let her go out or see her friends very often but she sys she loves him.

The Three Sisters !   Aunts of Lucy and Rachel, the sisters are mysterious. They inform

Esperanza that she is special and tell her to make a wish one of the sisters tells her to make sure that when she leaves, she will come back for those who canot go as easily as she

Alicia and I Talking on Edna’s Steps

!   Esperanza tells Alicia she will not return to Mango Street until someone fixes it up. The girls laugh for taking an interest in the project.

A House of My Own

!   Esperanza wants a house that belongs only to her, where everything is organized the way she likes it, and where she can write.

Mango Says Goodbye Sometimes

!   Esperanza likes to tell stories, and realizes that writing about Mango Street can sometimes make the pain go away. She understands that mango is part of her life.