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The House on Mango Street is a 1984 novel by Mexican-American author Sandra Cisneros. Structured as a series of vignettes, it tells the story of Esperanza Cordero, a 12-year-old Chicana girl growing up in the Hispanic quarter of Chicago.
“The House on Mango Street” has received numerous accolades, including the American Book Award, and has been a national bestseller. Earlier this year, Jenna Bush Hager selected the classic for ...
Sandra Cisneros (born December 20, 1954) is an American writer. She is best known for her first novel, The House on Mango Street (1983), and her subsequent short story collection, Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories (1991).
Written as a non-linear and fragmented collection of vignettes, [22] The House on Mango Street explores Latin-American identity through the eyes of a young Latina girl growing up in Chicago. [3] [23] The House on Mango Street is a novel-length work consisting of individual vignettes that frame an underlying story. [23]
She was a community organizer in New York City and co-founded STAR (Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries) which helped LGBTQ+ homeless youth and joined protests with the Gay Liberation Front.
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In the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, there is a street gang called the Cholos who resemble the stereotypical gangster image of a Cholo. [22] In the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, there are two gangs called the Aztecas and Vagos. One of the supporting characters, Cesar Vialpando, is a member of the Aztecas and serves ...