Sandra Cisneros: An Latina Writer
Date Submitted: 08/09/2004 06:48:46
Category: / Society & Culture / People
Length: 6 pages (1664 words)
Category: / Society & Culture / People
Length: 6 pages (1664 words)
“I am a woman and I am a Latina. Those are the things that make my writing distinctive. Those are the things that give my writing power. They are the things that give it sabor, the things that give it picante.”1
Sandra Cisneros was born on December 20, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois to her Mexican father, Alfredo Cisneros Del Moral, Chicana mother, Elvira Cordero Anguiano, and six brothers. Growing up for Cisneros was hard because of both …
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…that she also had to endure. Cisneros has constantly returned to her community, creating a powerful connection between art and politics. She has also made a connection between herself and her character Esperanza in The House on Mango Street. What I have learned from my report is that Mexican men are to dominating and uncaring towards their wives. My mom says they need more estrogen in their hormones, but that is just one womans opinion.
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