For the house on mango street! Please answer them all!!!


Step 1: What parts of the plot seem related to a possible theme in the collection? (Think about
the main conflict and how it get resolved or worked out.)


Step 2: Which characters seem related to a possible theme? Which characters change, and
what do those changes suggest about cultural and personal identity?


Step 3: How does Sandra Cisneros use symbols to hint at the collection's themes? What objects,
people, or places stand for something "bigger" in the story?


Step 4: What does the collection's title suggest about the collection's theme? Why do you think
Cisneros named her collection The House on Mango Street?



Step 5: Write one or two of the collection's main themes in your own words.