The House on Mango Street
by Sandra CisnerosGenre: YA, Hispanic culture
Pages: 108 (paperback)
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In English my name means hope. In Spanish it means too many letters. It means sadness, it means waiting. It is like the number nine. A muddy color. It is the Mexican records my father plays on Sunday mornings when he is shaving, songs like sobbing.
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At school they say my name funny as if the syllables were made out of tin and hurt the roof of your mouth. But in Spanish my name is made out of a softer something, like silver, not quite as thick as sister's name--Magdelena--which is uglier than mine. Magdalena who at least can come home and become Nenny. But I am always Esperanza.
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