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I. Location
1.1 Location in the literary context. This literary book was written by Sandra Cisneros, who was born in Chicago
(Literary current and in 1954. She is the author of two novels, a collection of short stories and other
characteristics reflected in the poetry books. When she was young, her family achieved a goal that had been
proposed a long time ago, buying a house, which she considered ugly and
work).
disrupted.
1.2 References of the author
Cisneros has turned the lives of so many who have no opportunity to express
(ideology, biases, thematic themselves. For something his work has been well received in Italy, where
frequency, influences). there is an emigration phenomenon similar to that of Mexico. That is a common
topic in the majority of her books.
1.3 Textual references (of other
works of the same genre) and inter-
textual references (with other works
of art: musical pieces, cinema films,
music, theater, opera, etc.)
II. Content
Mom: She cooks and cares for the children. She also encourages
her daughter to continue in school and to study hard.
Alicia: Her mother died when she was still a little girl, for that
reason she performs all household chores. Esperanza thinks that
she is very brave, despite the fear she has for the mice that infest
her family's apartment.
Sally: Pretty girl a little older than her friend Esperanza. She is the
girl that all the boys talk about.
Sire: Sire is the first boy to look at Esperanza as the boys look at
Marín.
Minerva: Minerva is a girl not much older than Esperanza, but she
is already married and has two children. They spend time together
and read the poems they write.
4.1.1. Diegetic Narrator Intradiegetic narrator: She acts, judges and has opinions about the
facts and the characters that appear.
4.1.2. Types of discourse: direct,
indirect It´s a mix of direct and indirect style. On the one hand, it
summarizes what was said by the characters, but also makes them
4.1.3. Types of narrator: speak through dialogues.
extradiegetic, intradiegetic,
metadiegetic Intradiegetic, since Esperanza tells all the stories.
4.3.3. Frequency
4.4. Stages of the narration Node: Esperanza grows and gets a job, but still have problems with
(presentation, node and outcome) their own identity, friends and ideas about children and men.
4.5. Space (closed, open, Outcome: Toward the end of the book, Esperanza seems to have
symbology, evolution) found a purpose She knows she wants to become in writer and who
wants a home to call her own
4.6. Style
Open
4.6.1. Phonic level (alliteration,
onomatopoeia, etc.) Streets: Esperanza explains that outsiders (people not from her
neighborhood) are afraid to enter. When their neighbor's cousin
4.6.2. Morphological level takes them for a walk, it turns out to be a stolen car. Everyone has
(pleonasm, epithet, etc.) fun, but this can be scary for outsiders.
4.6.3. Syntactic level (hyperbaton, The neighborhood: The local pawn shop is one of the places that
polysyndeton, asyndeton, etc.) Esperanza and Nenny sometimes go. One of the most descriptive
environments, the book describes the messy store filled with "tables
4.6.4. Semantic level (metaphor, with feet upside down" and "rows and rows of refrigerators".
comparison, hyperbole, etc.)
Households: Much of Esperanza's time is spent in her own home.
4.7. Tone (Reflective, melancholic, Her mom, dad, two brothers and her younger sister live there with
festive, pathetic, solemn, her. Her mother is often described as being overworked.
exhortative, ironic, etc.)
Closed
4.8. Use of language Use of
language (colloquial, scientific, Esperanza’s house: When she lives and spend short times with her
formal) family.