Receptivity
The author is able to see right through her parent’s lie of
being able to own a house that is very similar to the houses that they see on
TV. When she is describing their new house on Mango Street her parents tell her
it is only temporary and our author states, “But I know how those things go.”
She is able to see her parents trying to reassure the kids that they will eventually
get to their dream house that their parents have been describing to them. Our
righter shows us their understanding of the situation and how her family is
below middle class and helps us understand the issues that our character is
facing.
Surprising Info
The author is describing them moving and goes into this
childish wonder. The author describes the house to be very grand but when you
think about the house that is described it is just like the house that I live
in. The author then describes the house that they are actually moving into and
it is heart breaking when you read it because it is exactly the opposite of you
dream house. This curveball threw me for a loop while I was reading the House
on Mango Street chapter.
Narrative techniques
Our author uses imagery to describe not only their dream
house but also their new house on Mango Street. Our author uses words like crumbling,
swollen, small, and ordinary. The author creates the scene inside your head by
using these small but very powerful adjectives. The movement that is also
described within this chapter is from abstract to concrete as she describes the
dream house and then describes the real house that they are moving into.
I like how you provided the exact words the author used to provide imagery for the reader. After reflecting back on what you have written , what do you feel is the authors most powerful way of using voice?
ReplyDeleteNice job on this blog post Ryan. I appreciated that you took the time to explain basically the same scene of the kids wanting a new house, but kept adding layers onto it. Do you think that the kids would have been so unhappy if their parents would have been honest with them vs. lying to them?
ReplyDeleteJC I feel like the kids are still expecting to move again and there is a possibility that they will get the house that they want but I do believe as any parent there are some lies that need to be told to keep the corruption away for as long as you can to your chilld.
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