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The House on Mango Street |
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Directions: In the appropriate conference on our
class WebBoard, discuss one or all of the following.
- What did the narrator want out of a house that she did not get?
What does this suggestion to you about the theme of the story?
- Think about what a house symbolizes in our culture. Why might
that be important to a child of the working poor? Does this help
explain why the house on Mango Street is a disappointment?
- Do you sympathize with the narrator? Why or why not?
- The narrator says that her father talked of a house when he held
a lottery ticket. What does the lottery ticket symbolize? How does
it contribute to the theme of the story?
- Why is the house on "Mango Street?" Why not Elm or Lincoln?
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