The House on Mango Street

In the text of House on Mango Street there are many examples of writer’s voice

They deliver interesting information:

            The first aspect of this voice is that the author, Sandra Cisneros, delivers interesting information in the text. She begins telling the story of the house “We didn’t always live on Mango Street.” (Chapter 1, pg. 3). This is one of the beginning sentences of this text, and it catches your eye. You read the line and you begin to wonder. You want to know why they moved to the house on Mango Street. You want to know if there was a specific reason. It makes you want to keep reading the text. The main character begins to tell about what has happened and why it happened. But this is approached in an interesting way. “We had to leave fast. We were using the washroom next door and carrying water over in empty milk gallons” (Chapter 1, pg.4).  The main character is portrayed through the voice of a child. You see this with the short quick sentences and quick thoughts. This interests the audience because you get to see the hold perspective of the story from someone who is very young, you get to see that it seems different when written through a child’s point of view. The audience learns all of their information through this little girl.  “Our house would be white with trees around it, a great bug yard and grass growing without a fence” (Chapter 1, pg.4). The audience finds out their information about settings, and different thoughts through such an innocent perspective.

            They employ the techniques of narrative:

            The second aspect of voice is that the author, Sandra Cisneros, employs multiple different techniques of narrative writing. One of these techniques is the use of movement through the text to get to a greater idea. This idea is that while things may seem like they aren’t as good as they could be but they are only temporary. The author uses dialog that the character says to move the plot along when she says "There, I said pointing up to the third floor" (Chapter 1, pg.5). The author uses imagery to describe the scene of the old house. " I had to look where she pointed- the third floor, the paint peeling, wooden bars Papa had nailed to the windows so we wouldn't fall out"(Chapter 1, pg.5).

            They exhibit perceptivity:

            The third aspect of  voice that the author, Sandra Cisneros, employs is exhibiting perceptive. The narrator of this piece has an interesting point of view, she notices many things that many would find uncommon, she notices the businesses closing, the nun walking down the street, the broken pipes, the water carrying, and many others.