Luxurious Novel —— A Cabin on Mango Street

If novels are divided into luxury goods and light luxury goods, then books such as "The Cabin on Mango Street" belong to the latter, and sometimes they are more touching.

Sandra cisneros, a Mexican immigrant, published "The Cabin on Mango Street" at 1984 according to her growing experience in American immigrant community. This work won the American Book Award and entered the classroom of American primary and secondary schools. Yale professors also specially edited this guide. This book, which once swept the world, still deeply touched me when I reread it today.

First of all, I would like to say that "The Cabin on Mango Street" is very lovely, both in content and illustrations. 44 diary essays, each with a lovely title, telling a theme story. But the whole book reveals a profound theme, that is, immigrants (non-mainstream class)+women, which is oppressed by this identity.

Espe Lanza, a young girl, longs for a house of her own. But the reality is "a hut on Mango Street"-a slum in America. In English, Espe Lanza means hope. But in Spanish, this name means sadness and equality, just like the number 9, which is the number before the change (about to change).

The innocence, loveliness, sadness and loneliness of young girls have all turned into short stories, showing us the lives of all kinds of people in Mango Street. There is "waiting for a star to fall, waiting for a person to change his life" Marlene. There is Mamaxita who refuses to speak English and misses her hometown. There are mothers who complain about family sacrifices, wives who are imprisoned by their husbands because of their beauty, and daughters who are beaten by their fathers. Most of the women she describes are women who are bound in a patriarchal society.

At the same time, because of the identity of Mango Street people (Mexican immigrants, colored people), "Espe Langsha" has attracted the attention of colored people and has been treated differently in schools. This double oppression of immigrants (non-mainstream class) and women was told by a ten-year-old girl with her eyes and mind and in prose-like language.

What is commendable is that the girl has not given up hope. She stuck to her dream as always. She loves her family and resists the patriarchal society.

From the beginning to the end, a girl longed for her own house. She even spent 5 yuan's money to predict whether she could own her own house. She described other people's misfortunes as "sad as a burning house". She fantasizes that one day when she has her own house, when a passing tramp asks, "May I come in?" She can take them to the attic. When she was sitting by the fire with her friends. There was a noise in the attic. Is it a mouse? Friends will ask. He's a tramp. She will answer. She will be very happy.

She knows the heart of a man without a house too well. She sympathizes with the homeless. Subconsciously, I don't think I am also a vagrant. She doesn't just think about herself. She has been trying to leave Mango Street. She wrote, "They won't know that I left to come back. For the people I left behind. For those who cannot go out. "

At the same time, she understands the unfortunate women around her. She tried to vent her anger on them and cried because of their cowardice and negative treatment. She thought, "I will be the one who leaves the table like a man, without putting the chair straight or cleaning the dishes."

I wanted to make a table to sum up my feelings, but my skills were limited and I could only use words.

This book accuses A+B, expressing 1, 2, 3.

A+B is an immigrant+female group in a patriarchal society, and this identity is oppressed.

123 points, that is, girls are eager for their own houses, deeply understand and care for their own kin, and resist the patriarchal society.

But the most important thing is its presentation, which is very lovely and has many lovely sentences. Looking at the girl's perspective and language, it is profound and heavy.